Synonyms for tap
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Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. pat, rap, tapnoun

   the sound made by a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   strike, wiretap, rap, belt, spigot, knock, water faucet, hydrant, pat, blame, whang, whack, rap music, hip-hop, dab, water tap

2. rap, strike, tapnoun

   a gentle blow

   Synonyms:
   dab, ten-strike, bang, strike, water tap, smasher, rap, belt, spigot, knock, work stoppage, hydrant, pat, whang, blame, hit, whack, rap music, hip-hop, water faucet, wiretap, smash

3. water faucet, water tap, tap, hydrantnoun

   a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

   Synonyms:
   water tap, rap, strike, pat, wiretap, hydrant, dab, water faucet, spigot

4. tapnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap

5. tapnoun

   a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap

6. tap, spigotnoun

   a plug for a bunghole in a cask

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, faucet, dab, rap

7. wiretap, tapnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, strike, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap

8. tap, pat, dabverb

   a light touch or stroke

   Synonyms:
   water tap, wiretap, spigot, splatter, strike, splash, pat, water faucet, hydrant, dab, rap

9. tapverb

   cut a female screw thread with a tap

   Synonyms:
   solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

10. tapverb

    draw from or dip into to get something

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

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

11. tap, tipverb

    strike lightly

    "He tapped me on the shoulder"

    Synonyms:
    topple, lean, solicit, tip off, exploit, wiretap, tiptoe, tip, rap, fee, pink, knock, intercept, tilt, bug, tippytoe, bung, beg, tapdance, tumble, angle, slant

12. exploit, tapverb

    draw from; make good use of

    "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"

    Synonyms:
    knock, solicit, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, work, exploit, tip, rap, overwork, beg

13. wiretap, tap, intercept, bugverb

    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?"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, tease, exploit, wiretap, tip, rap, badger, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, stop, beleaguer, pester

14. tapverb

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

    "tap a cask of wine"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

15. tap, rap, knock, pinkverb

    make light, repeated taps on a surface

    "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

    Synonyms:
    criticise, pick apart, solicit, bump, exploit, wiretap, tip, rap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, ping, knap, criticize, strike hard

16. tapverb

    walk with a tapping sound

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

17. tapdance, tapverb

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

    "Glover tapdances better than anybody"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

18. tapverb

    draw (liquor) from a tap

    "tap beer in a bar"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

19. tapverb

    pierce in order to draw a liquid from

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

    Synonyms:
    solicit, knock, tapdance, bug, pink, wiretap, intercept, exploit, tip, rap, beg

20. solicit, beg, tapverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    court, solicit, pray, exploit, accost, wiretap, tip, rap, romance, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, implore, woo, hook

Matched Categories

1. • Blow
   • Cut
   • Dancing
   • Draw
   • Investigation
   • Pierce
   • Plate
   • Provide
   • Request
   • Tool
   • Use
   • Walk
   • Withdraw

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tapverb

   Synonyms:
   broach

2. tapverb

   Synonyms:
   rap, strike (lightly)

3. tapverb

   Synonyms:
   rap

4. tapnoun

   Synonyms:
   gentle blow, light stroke

5. tapnoun

   Synonyms:
   spigot, plug, stopper, stopple

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. tapnoun

   Synonyms:
   stopper, plug, spigot, spile, faucet

2. tapverb

   Synonyms:
   broach

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "tap":

   faucet, stopcock, pagoda, tower, valve, exploit, towers, pct, leverage, pat

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1. This Is Spinal Tap:

   Marty This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too'

2. Dolly Parton:

   I looked at it a long time, then, just as I picked it up, just to hold it, and look at it for a moment, our little dog, Popeye, came running up the stairs. The tap-tap of his paws jolted me back to reality. I suddenly froze and I put the gun down.

3. Dolly Parton:

   Then, just as I picked it up, just to hold it, and look at it for a moment, our little dog, Popeye, came running up the stairs. The tap-tap of his paws jolted me back to reality. I suddenly froze and I put the gun down. i kinda believe Popeye was a spiritual messenger from God.

4. John Steinbeck:

   A book is like a man -- clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.

5. Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho:

   If the privatisation does not succeed, today we know what the alternative is: a restructuring which can only be based on big lay-offs, route reductions, reduction of equipment and thereby a reduction of the operation and significance of the company, that is, transforming TAP into a mini TAP, which is not in the interests of workers, the economy nor the Portuguese.