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Tap Pronunciation

Pronounce Tap as T AH P.

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    Tap phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'tap'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of tap: /tæp/
    • Modern IPA representation of tap: /tæp/

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    List of meaning for tap

    to exploit or draw from a source

    pat, rap, tap(noun)

    the sound made by a gentle blow

    rap, strike, tap(noun)

    a gentle blow

    water faucet, water tap, tap, hydrant(noun)

    a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

    tap(noun)

    a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

    tap(noun)

    a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

    tap, spigot(noun)

    a plug for a bunghole in a cask

    wiretap, tap(noun)

    the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

    tap, pat, dab(verb)

    a light touch or stroke

    tap(verb)

    cut a female screw thread with a tap

    tap(verb)

    draw from or dip into to get something

    "tap one's memory"; "tap a source of money"

    tap, tip(verb)

    strike lightly

    "He tapped me on the shoulder"

    exploit, tap(verb)

    draw from; make good use of

    "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

    wiretap, tap, intercept, bug(verb)

    tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

    "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

    tap(verb)

    furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

    "tap a cask of wine"

    tap, rap, knock, pink(verb)

    make light, repeated taps on a surface

    "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

    tap(verb)

    walk with a tapping sound

    tapdance, tap(verb)

    dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

    "Glover tapdances better than anybody"

    tap(verb)

    draw (liquor) from a tap

    "tap beer in a bar"

    tap(verb)

    pierce in order to draw a liquid from

    "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"

    solicit, beg, tap(verb)

    make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

    "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

    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

    to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

    the oil company tapped that first well completely dry

    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

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    tap in sentence

    1. At my school, the nuns will tap your knuckles with a ruler if you have a flippant attitude.

    2. Expecting Santa Claus to come any minute, the children listened for the slightest rap or tap outside.

    3. The miners were looking to tap into a gold reserve in the mine and extract it all for personal gain.

    4. You can usually identify the rhythm of your favorite song by the part of it you tap your feet or your fingers too.

    5. The amplitude of Jerry’s knee jerk reflex from the tap of a hammer began to wane, as he began to experience it repeatedly.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term tap

    Because of the huge stockpiles of corn and feed wheat, the Chinese government is trying to minimize the amount of imports of feed grain such as barley and sorghum, and so domestic users will tap the corn stockpiles.

    – Thomas Kim

    Always pack a towel and don't drink tap water, anywhere.

    – Paton Walsh

    Greenfield is off the agenda, it's a market you don't want to wait eternally to tap into, so we've basically decided to do it inorganically. It's just a question of a shorter runway.

    – Ramesh Krishnan

    Humans tend to be better at using more expressive language, more original language, they bring in their own personal experience as a way to illustrate the point. The machine doesn’t live in the real world or have a life that it’s able to tap into.

    – Dario Gil

    It's hard to tap into the credit market in Kenya, most individuals have very little credit history or assets to seize so banks are unwilling to take the risk.

    – Melekot Abate

    The idea is to tap the little water that flows through the river course but also prepare to harvest bigger volumes from the seasonal floods.

    – Seth Kwatemba

    The privatisation is the only way to guarantee that TAP continues to exist, that it grows, that it adds routes and planes ... We believe that there is a national, political and social consensus for the privatisation to go ahead.

    – Sergio Monteiro

    Hopefully for the next five years, we'll get into the next stage (in our commodity business) which is to expand our products and our service capability so we can become a key player in the landscape, supporting Chinese clients, that is where we have an edge. We regard ourselves as an international player, not from China or Hong Kong. Commodities is a global business, and with a global platform we will tap into those local players.

    – Arthur Fan

    Because the air pressure is so much lower in an aeroplane than at sea level, a traditional beer tap will not work as it will only dispense a huge amount of foam, we do have dispensers that work on air pressure, but these were too big to fit in a plane.

    – Edwin Griffioen

    On Nasdaq, the main investors for biotech stocks are mainly U.S. funds, but, in Hong Kong, we can better tap Chinese and Asian investors as we are closer to them.

    – Yang Dajun

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