tap
Gentle shoulder pat
Tap centers on light, quick contact.
You tap someone on the shoulder or tap your foot impatiently.
A tap is such a touch, or the sound it makes: the tap of rain on the window.
Tap also names a device controlling liquid flow—a faucet or spigot.
To tap a resource is to access it: tap into savings, tap a phone line.
A tap in this sense draws something out.
In dance, tap involves metal-soled shoes striking the floor rhythmically.
To tap someone for a job is to select them: She was tapped to lead the committee.
Liquid flow controller
- valveFluid flow controller
- faucetValve controlling water flow
- handlePart for gripping
- dripLiquid falling slowly
leak · flow · water · washer · plumbing · fixture · beer · keg
Gentle palm stroke
- pokeSharp, quick thrust
- nudgeGentle push to prompt
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- pressApply force downward
stroke · brush · contact · feel · light · gentle · quick · soft
Secretly recording conversations
- eavesdropListen to private conversations
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- spyCovert information gatherer
- interceptSeize en route
monitor · phone · wire · recording · covert · intelligence · FBI · warrant
Protective foot coverings
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- flapOne-sided attached cover
- hoofingDancing vigorously
- heelFoot's rear underside
toe · syncopation · Broadway · rhythm · routine · performance · soft-shoe · wing
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- footLeg's lowest part
pencil · pulse · cadence · pattern · nervous · impatient · idle · steady
Threaded metal fastener
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- dieStop being alive
- holeAbsence in matter
- machinePower-driven working device
cut · pitch · internal · external · tooling · metalwork · fastener
spigot
Liquid flow controller
drip · leak · flow · water · washer · plumbing · fixture · beer · keg · cask
pat
Gentle palm stroke
press · stroke · brush · contact · feel · light · gentle · quick · soft · double
bugging
Secretly recording conversations
- eavesdropListen to private conversations
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- spyCovert information gatherer
intercept · monitor · phone · wire · recording · covert · intelligence · FBI · warrant · legal
shoes
Protective foot coverings
heel · toe · syncopation · Broadway · rhythm · routine · performance · soft-shoe · wing · brush
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
foot · pencil · pulse · cadence · pattern · nervous · impatient · idle · steady · rapid
screw
Threaded metal fastener
machine · cut · pitch · internal · external · tooling · metalwork · fastener
choose
Select from alternatives
nominate · recruit · handpick · enlist · assign · anoint · name · elect · draft · call-up
resource
Available stock or supply
harness · draw · extract · source · potential · talent · market · vein · well · mine
- tap waterPlumbed household drinking source
- duct tapeStrong cloth-backed adhesive strip
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- tape measureFlexible marked length finder
- masking tapeRepositionable adhesive strip
- tap dancingFootwork with clicking shoes
tape, taps, tapping, tapped, taper, taping, wiretap, taproom, untapped