taps
Gentle repeated strikes
Taps is the plural of tap—devices controlling liquid flow, light touches or strikes, or acts of tapping.
A bartender works the taps.
The taps of a dancer's shoes click against the floor.
Phone taps are surveillance devices.
To be on tap is to be available: We have several candidates on tap for the position. (Capitalized Taps is the military bugle call.)
Liquid flow controller
- faucetValve controlling water flow
- valveFluid flow controller
- handlePart for gripping
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
aerator · basin · sink · drain · cartridge · mixer · lever · knob
Systematic observation of subjects
- eavesdropListen to private conversations
- wiretapHidden listening device
- phoneHandheld communication device
- bugCrawling creature or defect
intercept · monitor · recording · spying · FBI · warrant · legal · illegal
Small beverage barrel
Randomize by mixing
riff · hoofers · Broadway · choreography · syncopation · improvisation · rhythm · brush
spigot
Liquid flow controller
nozzle · aerator · basin · sink · drain · cartridge · mixer · lever · knob · flow
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- eavesdropListen to private conversations
- wiretapHidden listening device
- phoneHandheld communication device
bug · intercept · monitor · recording · spying · FBI · warrant · legal · illegal · privacy
keg
Small beverage barrel
handle · pull · spout · barrel · brewery · pub · bar · pint · foam · head
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
stomp · riff · hoofers · Broadway · choreography · syncopation · improvisation · rhythm · brush · paddle
pat
Gentle palm stroke
drum · finger · fingertip · gentle · light · shoulder · nudge · signal · attention · touchscreen
code
Symbolic communication system
- telegraphyElectrical long-distance messaging
- SOSMorse distress code
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
transmission · radio · wireless · shortwave · operator · signalman · decode · encode · message · dit
- camp songscampfire songs, Kumbaya, campfire song, sing-alongs, singalongs
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, municipal water, water tanks, water mains
- plumbingpipes, valves, fittings, faucets, drains
- Biergartenbeer garden, beer hall, beer tent, beer cellar, biergarten
- Brass Musicbrass ensemble, brass quintet, brass band, brass bands, trumpet solo
- Bugle Callsreveille, last post, first call, mess call, lights out
- tap waterPlumbed household drinking source
- tap dancingFootwork with clicking shoes
- on tapReady to draw
- tap dancePercussive footwork performance
- tapped outExhausted of funds
- tap shoesFootwear with metal plates
tap, tapping, tapped, untapped, tapper, tappers, tappings, tappable, on tap