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tap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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 tap

beat, drum, rap
Words Related to tap

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

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tap

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

  • the oil company tapped that first well completely dry
Synonyms of tap

bleed, draft, drain, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon)
Words Related to tap

milk

suck

clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void

decant, effuse

deplete

clean, flush, purge
Near Antonyms of tap

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet

deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp
Antonyms of tap

fill

tap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tap

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, faucet, gate, spigot, stopcock, valve
Words Related to tap

hydrant, spout

petcock

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