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(noun) a light touch or stroke |
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Synonyms: dab, pat |
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Related Words: touch, touching |
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| 2. |
(verb) strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder" |
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Related Words: strike |
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| 3. |
(verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap |
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Related Words: cut |
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| 4. |
(verb) walk with a tapping sound |
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Related Words: walk |
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| 5. |
(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface |
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Synonyms: knock, pink, rap |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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| 6. |
(verb) draw from or dip into; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money" |
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Related Words: draw, take out, withdraw |
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(noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask |
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Synonyms: spigot |
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Related Words: plug, stopper, stopple |
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(noun) a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads |
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Related Words: tool |
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(noun) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) |
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Related Words: plate |
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(verb) draw from; make good use of (resources) |
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Synonyms: exploit |
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Related Words: apply, employ, maximize, milk, mine, quarry, use, utilise, utilize |
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(verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes |
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Synonyms: tapdance |
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Related Words: dance, trip the light fantastic |
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(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
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Synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap |
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Related Words: eavesdrop, listen in |
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(verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently |
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Synonyms: beg, solicit |
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Related Words: bespeak, buttonhole, call for, canvas, canvass, lobby, quest, quest, request |
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(noun) a fixture for drawing water from a pipe or cask |
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Synonyms: hydrant, spigot, water faucet, water tap |
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Related Words: faucet, plumbing fixture |
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(noun) the sound made by a gentle blow |
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Synonyms: pat, rap |
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Related Words: pitter-patter, sound |
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(noun) a gentle blow |
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Synonyms: rap, strike |
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Related Words: blow, bump |
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