Unscramble TAPS - 17 Words Found

Complete Definitions of Taps

Noun

1. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2. A device used to dispense liquids. — “We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.”
3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. — “a liquor of the same tap”
4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
5. A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.) — “We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.”

Synonyms: bar, taproom, faucet, handle, spigot, spout, paracentesis, spigot

Verb

1. To furnish with taps. — “If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!”
2. To draw off liquid from a vessel. — “He tapped a new barrel of beer.”
3. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
4. To exploit. — “Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.”
5. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. — “They can't tap the phone without a warrant.”

Synonyms: eavesdrop

Noun

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. — “When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.”
2. The act of touching a touch screen.
3. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
4. A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
5. A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

Synonyms: flap, heeltap

Verb

1. To strike lightly. — “She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.”
2. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly. — “He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.”
3. To make a sharp noise. — “The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.”
4. To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
5. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

Synonyms: bang, hit, ping, rap, go to bed with, hit, sleep with, wap

Noun

1. A rhythmic dance in which the heels and toes of the dancer's shoes make a series of clicks

Synonyms: tap