tap

to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically tapped her foot in time to the music kept tapping the desk with his pencil Synonyms of ¹tap beat, drum, rap Words Related to ¹tap bang, bash, bat, bonk, bop, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, whack; chink, clatter, clink, ping; pat, pit-a-pat, pitter-patter; chuck, clap, click, flick, tip

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely the oil company tapped that first well completely dry Synonyms of ²tap bleed, draft, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon), tapWords Related to ²tap milk; suck; clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void; decant, effuse; deplete; clean, flush, purgeNear Antonyms of ²tap bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet; deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow; submerge, swampAntonyms of ²tap fill

a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water Synonyms of tap cock, gate, spigot, stopcock, faucet, valveWords Related to tap hydrant, spout; petcock