tap
1
[ tap ]
/ tæp /
verb (used with object), tapped, tap·ping.
verb (used without object), tapped, tap·ping.
noun
Origin of tap
1
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English
tappen, variant of early Middle English
teppen, probably imitative; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM tap
tap·pa·ble, adjective un·tap·pa·ble, adjectiveWords nearby tap
Definition for tap (2 of 2)
tap
2
[ tap ]
/ tæp /
noun
verb (used with object), tapped, tap·ping.
Verb Phrases
tap into, Informal.
to gain access to; become friendly with: The candidate tapped into some wealthy supporters.
tap off,
to remove (liquid, molten metal, etc.) from a keg, furnace, or the like: to tap off slag from a blast furnace.
Origin of tap
2
before 1050; (noun) Middle English
tappe, Old English
tæppa; cognate with Dutch
tap, Old High German
zapfo, Old Norse
tappi; (v.) Middle English
tappen, Old English
tæppian; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch
tappen, German
zapfen, Old Norse
tappa
OTHER WORDS FROM tap
tap·pa·ble, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for tap
British Dictionary definitions for tap (1 of 3)
tap
1
/ (tæp) /
verb taps, tapping or tapped
noun
See also
taps
Derived forms of tap
tappable, adjectiveWord Origin for tap
C13
tappen, probably from Old French
taper, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German
tappen to pluck, Swedish dialect
täpa to tap
British Dictionary definitions for tap (2 of 3)
tap
2
/ (tæp) /
noun
verb taps, tapping or tapped (tr)
Derived forms of tap
tappable, adjectiveWord Origin for tap
Old English
tæppa; related to Old Norse
tappi tap, Old High German
zapfo
British Dictionary definitions for tap (3 of 3)
Medical definitions for tap
tap
[ tăp ]
n.
The removal of fluid from a body cavity.
v.
To withdraw fluid from a body cavity, as with a trocar and cannula, hollow needle, or catheter.
To strike lightly with the finger or a hammerlike instrument, as in percussion or to elicit a tendon reflex.
Idioms and Phrases with tap
tap
see on tap.