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make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solcited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

the sound made by a gentle blow

a plug for a bunghole in a cask

furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine"

a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

cut a female screw thread with a tap

draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"

dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"

the sound made by a gentle blow

a plug for a bunghole in a cask

furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it; "tap a cask of wine"

a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

cut a female screw thread with a tap

draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"

dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody"

strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"

pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"

walk with a tapping sound

draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"

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.

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

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

To strike a gentle blow.

A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

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

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

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

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.

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

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

To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

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.

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.

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

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

To strike a gentle blow.

A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

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

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

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

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.

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

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

To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

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.

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

To strike a gentle blow.

To strike with something small: to touch gently.

A gentle blow; a slight blow with a small thing.

A spile or pipe for drawing liquor from a cask.

To pierce or broach a cask; to open a cask and draw liquor; to pierce for letting out fluid; to box or bore into.

To strike or touch lightly; to give a light stroke or touch with; put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes; make an outlet from; as, to tap a barrel; bore into in order to draw something out, as a tree for its sap; hence, to draw out of, as information.

To strike a light blow.

A gentle blow or touch; pat; pipe through which liquor is drawn from a cask; faucet for drawing water; a piece of leather nailed or sewed on the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing; a tool for cutting screw threads on an inner surface.

Tapped.

Tapping.

1. To withdraw fluid from a cavity by means of a trocar and cannula or a hollow needle. 2. To strike lightly with the finger or a hammer-like instrument in percussion or to elicit a tendon reflex. 3. A light blow. 4. An East Indian fever of undetermined nature.

A gentle blow or touch, esp. with something small.

To strike with something small: to touch gently.

To give a gentle knock:-pr.p. tapping; pa.t. and pa.p. tapped.

A hole or short pipe through which liquor is drawn: a place where liquor is drawn.

To pierce, so as to let out fluid: to open a cask and draw off liquor: to broach a vessel:-pr.p. tapping; pa.t. and pa.p. tapped.

A light blow; pipe for drawing liquid; spile; place where liquor is drawn.

To strike lightly; pierce, as anything containing fluid.

To draw liquid from, through an opening.

A faucet by means of which liquid may be drawn, as from a cask.

To touch or strike gently.

To apply leather to (the heel of a shoe) in repair.

A gentle or playful blow.

Leather put upon the heel of a shoe.

To strike with something small; to strike a gentle blow; to touch lightly.

A gentle blow; a slight stroke.

To pierce for letting out a fluid; to pierce or broach, as a cask; to box or bore into.

A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn; a plug or spill for stopping a hole pierced in a cask; a place in a public-house or tavern where liquor is drawn for drinking; a conical screw made of hardened steel, and grooved, for cutting internal threads in nuts and the like.

To puncture; to empty by paracentesis.

n. A slight blow with a small thing.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn;-a plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask ; - a place where liquor is drawn for drinking ;-an instrument made of hardened steel, and grooved longitudinally, for cutting the threads of internal screws or nuts.