The sound of light blow or knock.

Roget 297: ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection^†; discharge.    emesis, vomiting, vomition^†.    egestion^†, evacuation; ructation^†, eructation; bloodletting, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, paracentesis^†; expuition, exspuition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage^†.    deportation; banishment etc. (punishment ) 972; rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment.    bouncer [U.S.], chucker-out [Slang].    [material vomited] vomit, vomitus [Med.], puke, barf [Coll.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: getik

The sound made by a gentle blow.

synoniemen: pat, rap.

Roget 295: egress, exit, issue; emersion, emergence; outbreak, outburst; eruption, proruption^†; emanation; egression; evacuation; exudation, transudation; extravasation [Med.], perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing; gush etc. (water in motion) 348; outpour, outpouring; effluence, effusion; effluxion^†, drain; dribbling etc. v.; defluxion^†; drainage; outcome, output; discharge etc. (excretion) 299.    export, expatriation; emigration, remigration^†; debouch, debouche; emunctory^†; exodus etc. (departure) 293; emigrant.    outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate; pore; vomitory, outgate^†, sally port; way out; mouth, door etc. (opening) 260; path etc. (way) 627; conduit etc. 350; airpipe etc. 351^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel^†; transforation^†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.    opening; aperture, apertness^†; hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^†; chasm etc. (interval) 198.    embrasure, window, casement; abatjour^†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern.    outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle; placket.    portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate^†.    way, path etc. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe etc. 350; air pipe etc. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; ostium^†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit^†, shaft; gallery.    alley, aisle, glade, vista.    bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.    porousness, porosity.    sieve, cullender^†, colander; cribble^†, riddle, screen; honeycomb.    apertion^†, perforation; piercing etc. v.; terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.    key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: pat

A gentle blow.

synoniemen: rap, strike.

A faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask.

synoniemen: hydrant, water faucet, water tap.

Nederlands: kraan, tapkraan
Pools: kran

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

A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads.

A plug for a bunghole in a cask.

synoniem: spigot.

Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer^†; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil^†, pledget^†, tompion^†, tourniquet.    cover etc. 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.    janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary^†.    ... meer laten zien

The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.

synoniem: wiretap.

A light touch or stroke.

synoniemen: dab, pat.

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion^†, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; explosion etc. (violence) 173; propulsion etc. 284.    percussion, concussion, collision, occursion^†, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole^†, appulse^†, shock, crash, bump; impact; elan; charge etc. (attack) 716; beating etc. (punishment) 972.    blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff etc. 972; squash, dowse, swap, whap^†, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce^†, calcitration^†; ruade^†; arietation^†; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk^†; carom, carrom^†, clip [Slang], jab, plug [Slang], sidewinder [U.S.], sidewipe^†, sideswipe [U.S.].    hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail; ram, rammer^†; battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat; cant hook; cudgel etc. (weapon) 727; ax etc. (sharp) 253.    [Science of mechanical forces] dynamics; seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: mep, pats, pets, tik, tikje
Pools: klepnięcie

Cut a female screw thread with a tap.

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern^†, excrete; embogue^†; secrete, secern^†; extravasate [Med.], shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude^†; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt^†, spurt, spill, slop; perspire etc. (exude) 295; breathe, blow etc. (wind) 349.    tap, draw off; bale out, lade out; let blood, broach.    eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser [Fr.]; banish etc. (punish) 972; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; throw etc. 284, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push etc. 276; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll etc. (abrogate) 756; turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home; evict, oust; unhouse, unkennel; dislodge; unpeople^†, dispeople^†; depopulate; relegate, deport.    empty; drain to the dregs; sweep off; clear off, clear out, clear away; suck, draw off; clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge.    embowel^†, disbowel^†, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate^†; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate^†.    vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck^†, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god.    disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber^†; eructate; drool.    unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload; break bulk; dump.    be let out.    spew forth, erupt, ooze etc. (emerge) 295.    ... meer laten zien

Draw from or dip into to get something.

Strike lightly:
— He tapped me on the shoulder.

synoniem: tip.

Nederlands: aantikken, tikken

Draw from; make good use of.

synoniem: exploit.

Nederlands: exploiteren, uitbaten

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information:
— The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy.

synoniemen: bug, intercept, wiretap.

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

Make light, repeated taps on a surface:
— He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently.

synoniemen: knock, pink, rap.

Roget 276: give an impetus etc. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, foin [Fr.]; cant; elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle^†, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter; run against, bump against, butt against; knock one's head against, run one's head against; impinge; boost [U.S.]; bunt, carom, clip y; fan, fan out; jab, plug [Slang].    strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse^†, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk^†; kick, calcitrate^†; butt, strike at etc. (attack) 716; whip etc. (punish) 972.    come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; foul; fall foul of, run foul of; telescope.    throw etc. (propel) 284.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 406: rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle^†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump.    blow up, blow; detonate.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 260: open, ope^†, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce^†, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. (scoop out) 252; tunnel; transpierce^†, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in.    cut a passage through; make way for, make room for.    uncover, unclose, unrip^†; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: hameren

Walk with a tapping sound.

Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes:
— Glover tapdances better than anybody.

synoniem: tapdance.

Nederlands: tapdansen, tappen

Draw (liquor) from a tap.

Pierce in order to draw a liquid from.

Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently.

synoniemen: beg, solicit.