tap

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb
(-pp-)
1 to hit sb/sth quickly and lightly: [V] Someone tapped at the door. + He was busy tapping away at his computer. + [VN] Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.
2 if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music: [VN] He kept tapping his fingers on the table. + [V] The music set everyone's feet tapping.
3 ~ (into) sth to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists: [VN] We need to tap the expertise and skill of the people we already have. + [V] The movie seems to tap into a general sentimentality about animals.
4 [VN] (also wiretap especially in AmE) to fit a device to a telephone so that sb's calls can be listened to secretly: He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
5 [VN] to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it
Phrasal Verbs: tap sb for sth (BrE, informal) to persuade sb to give you sth, especially money: He tried to tap me for a loan.
tap sth<->in / out to put information, numbers, letters, etc. into a machine by pressing buttons: Tap in your PIN number. + He tapped out a few words on the keyboard.
tap sth<->out to hit a surface gently to the rhythm of music: She tapped out the beat on the table.
+ noun
1 (especially BrE) (AmE usually faucet) [C] a device for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container: bath taps + the hot / cold tap (= the tap that hot / cold water comes out of) + a gas tap + Turn the tap on / off. + Don't leave the tap running. + the sound of a dripping tap + I put my head under the tap and let the cool water run over me.
See also - TAP WATER
2 [C] a light hit with your hand or fingers: a tap at / on the door + He felt a tap on his shoulder and turned round.
3 [C] an act of fitting a device to a telephone so that sb's telephone calls can be listened to secretly: a phone tap
4 [U] = TAP-DANCING
Idioms: on tap
1 available to be used at any time: We have this sort of information on tap.
2 beer that is on tap is in a BARREL with a tap on it

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 rap, knock, dab, strike, peck; drum, beat:

Must you continually tap on the table with that blasted pencil?!

n.

2 rap, knock, dab, strike, peck, pat; tapping, tap-tap, rapping, knocking, pecking, beat, beating, patter, pattering:

I felt a tap on my shoulder. The tap, tap, tap of the dripping water was driving me mad.

n.

1 cock, stopcock, pet-cock, sillcock, seacock, spigot, spout, valve, US faucet:

Replace the washer in the tap to stop the leak.

2 bung, stopper, cork, spile, plug, stopple, peg:

Move the tap from the empty barrel to the new one.

3 wire-tap, bug, listening device, electronic eavesdropper:

I think there's a tap on my phone.

4 on tap.

(a) on draught, out of the barrel or keg:

They have real ale on tap.

(b) ready, available, on or at hand, waiting, in reserve, on call:

He promised to be on tap if I needed him for anything.

v.

5 drain, draw (off), siphon off or out, extract, withdraw:

We tapped the wine directly from the casks.

6 open, drain, unplug, sap, bleed, milk, broach, mine, use, utilize, make use of, put to use, draw on or upon, turn to account:

Whenever she needed money, she tapped her savings.

7 bug, eavesdrop on, wire-tap:

M.I.5 still taps her phone.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ for water, gas, etc.

ADJ.

hot, hot-water | cold, cold-water | mixer | dripping, running

the sound of a dripping tap

| leaky | bath, bathroom, kitchen

VERB + TAP

turn (off/on)

Turn the tap clockwise.

| run

You have to run the tap a long time before the hot water comes.

TAP + VERB

drip, run

Someone has left the tap running.

| leak

TAP + NOUN

water | washer

PREP.

on ~

The pub has two sorts of beer on tap (= in a barrel with a tap on it). (figurative) We have this sort of information on tap (= available to be used at any time).

² quick gentle blow; the sound it makes

ADJ.

gentle, light, little | sharp

VERB + TAP

give sb/sth

PREP.

~ at

There was a little tap at the door.

| ~ on

He gave her a tap on the shoulder.

Concise English dictionary

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tapped|tapping|tapstæp
noun
+the sound made by a gentle blow
+a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
+a gentle blow
+a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
+a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
+a plug for a bunghole in a cask
+the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
+a light touch or stroke
verb
+cut a female screw thread with a tap
+draw from or dip into to get something
+strike lightly
+draw from; make good use of
+tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
+furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
+make light, repeated taps on a surface
+walk with a tapping sound
+dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
+draw (liquor) from a tap
+pierce in order to draw a liquid from
+make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

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