Tap \Tap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapping.]

[F. taper to strike; of Teutonic origin; cf. dial. G. tapp, tapps, a blow, tappe a paw, fist, G. tappen to grope.]

1. 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.

2. To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tap \Tap\, n. [Cf. F. tape. See Tap to strike.]

1. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. --Addison.

2. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tap \Tap\, v. i. To strike a gentle blow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]

1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]

4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.]

5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.

On tap.
   (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap.
   (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap.

Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.

Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt.

Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tap \Tap\, v. t.

1. To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.

2. Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]

1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)