📖 Определения и значения для слова tap
📒 to hit somebody/something quickly and lightly
- tap (away) (at something) Someone tapped at the door.
- He was busy tapping away at his computer.
- tap somebody/something Ralph tapped me on the shoulder.
📒 if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music
- He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
- The music set everyone's feet tapping.
📒 to make use of a source of energy, knowledge, etc. that already exists
- tap something We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have.
- tap into something The movie seems to tap into a general sentimentality about animals.
📒 to fit a device to a phone so that somebody’s calls can be listened to secretly
- He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
📒 to cut into a tree in order to get liquid from it
📒 to choose somebody to do a particular job
- Richards has been tapped to replace the retiring chairperson.
📒 to produce a tap (6)