·vi To strike a gentle blow.
II. Tap ·vt To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
III. Tap ·noun A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
IV. Tap ·noun A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
V. Tap ·vt To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
VI. Tap ·noun A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
VII. Tap ·noun A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
VIII. Tap ·vt To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, ·etc.
IX. Tap ·vt To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
X. Tap ·noun Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
XI. Tap ·noun A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
XII. Tap ·noun 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.
XIII. Tap ·vt 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.
XIV. Tap ·vt Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
XV. Tap ·noun 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.