TAPPINGS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Tap

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English tæppa ‘peg for the vent-hole of a cask’, tæppian ‘provide (a cask) with a stopper’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tap and German Zapfen (nouns)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: tap
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled

Short Definition:

device by which flow of liquid or gas from pipe or container can be controlled

Examples:
  • she turned the cold tap on
  • the air-supply tap
Definition:

a device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to someone's conversations

Short Definition:

device connected to telephone for listening secretly to someone's conversations

Examples:
  • those taps produced hundreds of hours of recordings
Definition:

an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.

Short Definition:

instrument for cutting threaded hole in material

Definition:

a taproom.

Short Definition:

taproom

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