To tap is defined as to strike gently and quickly or to put a hole in something to get liquid out.
(verb)The definition of a tap is a gentle strumming or striking or an instrument for drawing out liquid.
(noun)See tap in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb tapped, tapping
Origin: ME tappen < OFr taper, prob. of echoic orig.
intransitive verb
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noun
Origin: ME tappe < OE tæppa, akin to Ice tappi < IE *dāp- < base *da-, to divide > tide
transitive verb tapped, tapping
Origin: ME tappen < OE tæppian < the n.
intransitive verb
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See tap in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb tapped tapped, tap·ping, taps verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English tappen
Origin: , possibly from Old French taper
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English tappe
Origin: , from Old English tǽppa
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