tap

  • 51tap — 1. To withdraw fluid from a cavity by means of a trocar and cannula, hollow needle, or catheter. 2. To strike lightly with the finger or a hammerlike instrument in percussion or to elicit a tendon …

    Medical dictionary

  • 52tap — I tap 1. tap sb., pen, pe el. per, pene el. perne, i sms. tap , fx tapsamling II tap 2. tap (el. TAP) sb., tap’en, tap’er, tap’erne (fork. for (medlem af) det tekniske og administrative personale) …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 53Tap — Unter Tap versteht man: einen Tanzschritt, siehe Tap (Tanzschritt) eine Artikulationsart, siehe Tap (Phonetik) Tap ist der Nachname des in der Schweiz lebenden kambodschanischen Künstlers Paintwo Die Abkürzung TAP steht für: „Tandem Affinity… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 54tap*/ — [tæp] noun [C] I 1) an object that is used for controlling how much water comes out of a pipe Just turn the cold tap on for a few seconds.[/ex] 2) the action of touching someone or something gently, or the sound that the touch makes I felt a tap… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 55TAP — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres …

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  • 56tap — 01. Could someone please turn off the [tap]? I can hear it dripping. 02. I was on the bus when I felt someone [tap] me on the shoulder; it was a friend from work. 03. Molly was woken up by the sound of someone [tapping] at her bedroom window. 04 …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 57tap — I (Qax, Mingəçevir, Şəki) ağacdan düşüb əzilmiş <meyvə> ◊ Tap atmax (Kürdəmir) – küt getmək. – Xəmir yaxşı acımayıb deyin çörəx’ tap atır. Tap getmək (Ucar) – küt getmək. Tap olmax (Oğuz) – ağacdan düşüb əzilmək, zədələnmək <meyvə… …

    Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti

  • 58tap — 1) tap up vb to borrow or seek to borrow from (some one). To tap meant to spend liberally in archaic slang; by the early 20th century it had acquired the second sense of to solicit, borrow or obtain. The origin of the term is in the tapping of… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 59tap — tap1 noun 1》 a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled. 2》 an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material. 3》 a device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to conversation. 4》 (also… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60tap — I 1. noun 1) she turned the tap on Syn: faucet, valve, stopcock, cock, spout, spigot, spile 2) a phone tap in the embassy Syn: listening device, wiretap, wire, bug …

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