noun A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
noun An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”). A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.
noun An object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
noun A hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.
noun A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
abdominal tap pleural tap spinal tap
noun Liquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also , a certain kind or quality of any thing.
a liquor of the same tap
noun A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.