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