Definitions
1.verbTo furnish with taps."If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup!"
2.verbTo draw off liquid from a vessel."He tapped a new barrel of beer."
3.verbTo deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
4.verbTo exploit."Businesses are trying to tap the youth market."
5.verbTo place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection."They can't tap the phone without a warrant."
6.verbTo intercept a communication without authority."He was known to tap cable television."
7.verbTo cut an internal screw thread."Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."
8.verbTo turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
9.verbTo cadge, borrow or beg."I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one."
10.verbTo drain off fluid by paracentesis.
11.verbTo advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club."Trump interviewed Mueller for FBI job day before he was tapped for special counsel."
12.verbTo strike lightly."She tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention."
13.verbTo touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly."He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table."
14.verbTo make a sharp noise."The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane."
15.verbTo operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
16.verbTo designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
17.verbTo have sexual intercourse with."I would tap that hot girl over there."
18.verbTo submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
19.verbTo force (an opponent) to submit.
20.verbTo put a new sole or heel on."to tap shoes"
21.nounAn act of making a light hit or strike against something.
22.nounA guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard
23.nounThe process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.