(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
(n.) A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
(n.) A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To strike a gentle blow.
(n.) A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
(n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
(n.) Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
(n.) A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
(v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
(v. t.) To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
(v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
(2) A time course study using serially tapped guinea pig peritoneal cells is described.
(3) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
(4) If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough.
(5) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
(6) We examined the MLS, a motor performance test, in an extended form including assessment of "tapping" regularity for its practicability in therapy control of Parkinson's disease.
(7) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
(8) The surgical treatment was initiated with percutaneous subdural tapping which was repeated periodically, if indicated, for 2 weeks.
(9) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
(10) Painless recovery of radiopaque substances after positive contrast myelography is often difficult, especially if the initial spinal tap is not made precisely in the midline.
(11) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
(12) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
(13) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
(14) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
(15) Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday that Germany’s bid committee had tapped into a slush fund of €6.7m to buy votes at world football’s governing body Fifa.
(16) Past studies have shown that in normal non-depleted cats, somatosensory stimuli (forepaw tap) evoke both complex and simple spike responses.
(17) Citing information gathered from "intelligence services, witnesses and phone taps" he named the Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR), an ultra-nationalist party in Russia's Duma.
(18) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
(19) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
(20) This study investigates the mechanism of activation via the TAP molecule.
Tapper
Definition:
(n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer.
Example Sentences:
(1) In response to a question from the host, Jake Tapper, about allegations that the Russian ambassador “is a spy”, Rubio said: “It is not a mystery to anyone that virtually every embassy in Washington DC has some intelligence component associated with it.” Fact check: what did Trump's tweets about Obama's 'wiretaps' mean?
(2) Maria Osmarina da Silva was born in 1958 in a community of rubber tappers called Seringal Bagaço, deep in the western state of Acre, not far from the border with Bolivia.
(3) This article provides results of a comparison between the Halstead-Reitan tapper and a 1988 computerized tapping program by Loong.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Donald Trump comments on death of Dwyane Wade’s cousin – video Welcome to Iowa, where Trump's purple patch could turn a blue state red Read more Pence rejected a suggestion by CNN host Jake Tapper that lax gun safety laws in his own state, Indiana, may be stoking violence in Chicago.
(5) By comparing the effects of moderate-intensity stimuli in experiments with and without a response criterion in isolated mantle preparations, we found that when a minimal response-amplitude criterion is imposed the CNS mediates 90--95% of the gill-withdrawal reflex, whether it is elicited by the "tapper" stimulus used by Peretz et al.
(6) Nominees: Zoe Tapper - Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, BBC Drama Serials for BBC4 Bruce Parry - Tribe, BBC Wales for BBC2 Arts Holocaust, a Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz, BBC co-production with CBC, ZDF, TVP & in association with Czech TV for BBC2 "This simple yet clever programme achieved its aims through a quiet appropriateness which made for an incredibly uplifting viewing experience."
(7) And, you know, there’s no basis to it.” The same day, CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper puts the Clinton campaign’s allegations to Donald Trump Jr .
(8) 10EdAM was superior to MTX against 4 of 6 murine ascites tumors (L1210, S180, Ehrlich and Tapper) and far superior against 4 of 6 solid murine tumors (S180, Tapper, E0771 mammary AC, T241 fibrosarcoma).
(9) We present a case of polycystic hydatid disease produced by Echinococcus vogeli in a tapper of rubber trees from the State of Acre, Brazil.
(10) Jay grounds out, a harmless tapper to Adrian Gonzalez as the Cards go 1-2-3 in their half of the second inning.
(11) In an interview with Jake Tapper on ABC News, he said he believed all states should have the right to ban birth control.
(12) That man’s conduct was deplorable,” Trump’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, told CNN after Tapper suggested the adjective.
(13) Hillary Clinton is projected to pass the delegate threshold she needs to capture the Democratic nomination and therefore, Tapper noted, declare victory.
(14) One task involved complex motor activity (the Bead and Tapper test) and the other simple motor activity with a verbal component (the Letter Cancellation test).
(15) Only patients with parkinsonism showed a significant increase in dual task interference on a bimanual bead and tapper task, compared with controls.
(16) Six out of 21 episodes with inactive disease after tappering off corticoid therapy had sIL-2R levels above the upper limit of the normal range.
(17) In an exchange that would have been all but unthinkable even four years ago, moderator Jake Tapper posed a question to Florida senator Marco Rubio and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie that quoted Reagan secretary of state George Schultz: “Why not take out our insurance policy and approach climate change the Reagan way?” But despite the token question well into the third hour of CNN’s GOP debate , no candidate was willing to endorse any possible solution.
(18) Stephen Drew hits a tapper to end the inning, but the Rays have three outs to score 10 runs here.
(19) Asked by CNN’s Tapper if Page is in contact with Russian government officials, Conway says: “If he’s doing that, he’s certainly not doing it with the permission or knowledge of the campaign, the activities that you described.” She adds: “He is certainly not authorized to do that.” 24 October At a campaign rally in Florida , Trump said: “I have nothing to do with Russia, folks, I’ll give you a written statement.” 11 November Trump spokesperson Hope Hicks denies claims from the Kremlin that Trump officials met with its staff.
(20) He bristled at the press conference when a reporter, Jake Tapper of ABC News, asked him why as president he had not tackled gun reform until now.