tap
Definitions
Noun
- The sound made by a gentle blow
- A gentle blow
- A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
- A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)
- A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
- A plug for a bunghole in a cask
- The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- A light touch or stroke
Verb
- Cut a female screw thread with a tap
- Draw from or dip into to get something
- Strike lightly
- Draw from; make good use of
- Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it
- Make light, repeated taps on a surface
- Walk with a tapping sound
- Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes
- Draw (liquor) from a tap
- Pierce in order to draw a liquid from
- Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "tap".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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1 | tape | 1 | 35 |
2 | tap | 1 | 18 |
3 | metaphysical | 5 | 16 |
4 | tappet | 2 | 15 |
5 | metaphysics | 4 | 12 |
6 | tapered | 2 | 7 |
7 | tapped | 1 | 7 |
8 | tapping | 2 | 6 |
9 | metaphor | 3 | 5 |
10 | tapestry | 3 | 5 |
11 | epitaph | 3 | 4 |
12 | tapes | 1 | 4 |
13 | juxtaposition | 5 | 3 |
14 | metaphors | 3 | 3 |
15 | taper | 2 | 3 |
16 | catapulted | 4 | 2 |
17 | juxtaposed | 3 | 2 |
18 | metaphorical | 5 | 2 |
19 | tapering | 3 | 2 |
20 | tapestries | 3 | 2 |
21 | tappan | 2 | 2 |
22 | adaptaplex | 4 | 1 |
23 | catapulting | 4 | 1 |
24 | catapults | 3 | 1 |
25 | gestapo | 3 | 1 |
26 | staple | 2 | 1 |
27 | staples | 2 | 1 |
28 | stapling | 3 | 1 |
29 | taped | 1 | 1 |
30 | tapley | 2 | 1 |
31 | taps | 1 | 1 |
32 | audiotape | 4 | 0 |
33 | audiotapes | 4 | 0 |
34 | catapano | 4 | 0 |
35 | catapult | 3 | 0 |
36 | datapoint | 3 | 0 |
37 | datapoint's | 3 | 0 |
38 | datapoints | 3 | 0 |
39 | datapower | 3 | 0 |
40 | dataproducts | 4 | 0 |
41 | dataproducts' | 4 | 0 |
42 | dictaphone | 3 | 0 |
43 | dimetapp | 3 | 0 |
44 | epitaphs | 3 | 0 |
45 | juxtapose | 3 | 0 |
46 | juxtaposes | 4 | 0 |
47 | juxtaposing | 4 | 0 |
48 | juxtapositions | 5 | 0 |
49 | metaphorically | 5 | 0 |
50 | potapov | 3 | 0 |
51 | pratap | 2 | 0 |
52 | sproutaphile | 3 | 0 |
53 | sproutaphiles | 3 | 0 |
54 | stapel | 2 | 0 |
55 | stapf | 1 | 0 |
56 | staph | 1 | 0 |
57 | staphylococcus | 5 | 0 |
58 | stapled | 2 | 0 |
59 | stapler | 3 | 0 |
60 | staplers | 3 | 0 |
61 | stapleton | 3 | 0 |
62 | stapley | 2 | 0 |
63 | stapp | 1 | 0 |
64 | tapas | 2 | 0 |
65 | tape's | 1 | 0 |
66 | tapeie | 3 | 0 |
67 | tapeie's | 3 | 0 |
68 | tapers | 2 | 0 |
69 | tapia | 3 | 0 |
70 | tapias | 3 | 0 |
71 | tapie | 2 | 0 |
72 | taping | 2 | 0 |
73 | tapings | 2 | 0 |
74 | taplin | 2 | 0 |
75 | tapp | 1 | 0 |
76 | tappe | 1 | 0 |
77 | tappen | 2 | 0 |
78 | tapper | 2 | 0 |
79 | tappin | 2 | 0 |
80 | tapscott | 2 | 0 |
81 | untapped | 2 | 0 |
82 | videotape | 4 | 0 |
83 | videotaped | 4 | 0 |
84 | videotapes | 4 | 0 |
85 | videotaping | 5 | 0 |
86 | wiretap | 3 | 0 |
87 | wiretapped | 3 | 0 |
88 | wiretapping | 4 | 0 |
89 | wiretaps | 2 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "tap".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tap".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "tap" in a sentence.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tap".
# | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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1 | top | 1 | 204 |
2 | tip | 1 | 22 |
3 | top-down | 2 | 0 |
4 | top-secret | 3 | 0 |
5 | top-up | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 20
Fragments: 89
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 5
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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