Definition of tap

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Tap (v. t.) To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane..

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Rat-tail :: Rat-tail (a.) Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury..
Evolutionist :: Evolutionist (n.) one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics..
Staple :: Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
Tap :: Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet..
Lick-spigot :: Lick-spigot (n.) A tapster.
Mediostapedial :: Mediostapedial (n.) The mediostapedial part of the columella.
Tip :: Tip (v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
Danaide :: Danaide (n.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one..
Measle :: Measle (n.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4..
Metaphrastic :: Metaphrastic (a.) Alt. of Metaphrastica.
Catapult :: Catapult (n.) A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc..
Flagelliform :: Flagelliform (a.) Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering..
Rat-tailed :: Rat-tailed (a.) Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat..
Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..
Epitapher :: Epitapher (n.) A writer of epitaphs.
Tapeworm :: Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adh
Tier :: Tier (n.) A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore..
Kuda :: Kuda (n.) The East Indian tapir. See Tapir.
Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
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