Tap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.3 Synonyms 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Synonyms 1.6 Translation 2 Icelandic 2.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

tap (plural: taps)

1. A device used to dispense liquids.

   "We don't have bottled water, you'll have to get it from the tap."

2. A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

Synonyms

• faucet

Translations

• Finnish: hana (1)
• German: Zapfen, Spund, Hahn (1); Gewindeschneider (2)
• Norwegian: kran
• Polish: kran m.
• Turkish: musluk

Verb

to tap (taps, tapped, tapping)

1. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

   He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.

2. To have something available; to open (a keg) with a tap.

   We have draft beer on tap.

3. To make a sharp noise.

   The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.

4. To access a resource or object.

   When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund.

5. To draw off liquid from a vessel

   He tapped a new barrel of beer.

6. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection

   They can't tap the phone without a warrant.

7. To intercept a communication without authority.

   He was known to tap Cable TV and satellite dishes.

8. (often considered obscene; sometimes, instead, considered extremely or strongly vulgar)To have sexual intercourse with.

   I would tap that hot girl over there.

9. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

   Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

Synonyms

• hit
• strike
• pound
• rap
• eavesdrop

Translation

• Deutsch: klopfen (1, 3); mit einem Hahn versehen, anzapfen; abzapfen; (Telefonate) abhören (6), (Ressourcen) erschließen; (Vorräte) anbrechen (4);

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Icelandic

Noun

tap

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