tap - English → Finnish-Hungarian - Dictionary

n A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.

n A device used to dispense liquids.

n A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

n A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

n An interception of communication with authority.

v To furnish with taps.

v To draw off liquid from a vessel.

v To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. (defdate|from 19th c.)

v To intercept a communication without authority.

v (context|mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

v to knock slowly

n Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. (defdate|from 20th c.)

v To strike lightly. (defdate|from early 13th c.)

v To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

v To make a sharp noise.

v To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. (defdate|from mid-20th c.)

v (slang|transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

v (context|combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

v (context|combat sports|transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.

n A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.

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