Verb 1 th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1. She started toward her bed, but just as she took her first step, a sharp tap sounded at the french doors that led to the terrace outside her window. Originated in northern california, sacramento slang. To tap is to lightly hit something, the way you tap your friend on the shoulder to get her attention or tap your foot against the floor when youre listening to music. Baggage is carried in the hold for free on all flights except for tapdiscount. Like tapping, acupuncture achieves healing through stimulating the bodys meridians and energy flow. Definition and synonyms of on tap from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Source to tap will pilot bestpractice forestry and peatland land management measures. An example of a tap is a tool for getting beer out of a keg. Change your default dictionary to american english. Taps definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Definition and synonyms of tap from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Meaning listen in secretly 1869, originally was with reference to telegraph wires. Tap definition is to strike lightly especially with a slight sound.
This will be targeted at informing and empowering the public about their role in protecting our clean and healthy freshwater environment. A great form of dance in which the dancer wears shoes with metal plates on the bottom that produce sound when they hit hard floor. If you are traveling with checked luggage and have a connecting flight in brazil, the united states or canada, be sure to collect your luggage for customs control in these countries. The bonds are issued at their original face value, maturity and.
On tap phrase definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Tap air portugal is the flag carrier airline of portugal, headquartered at lisbon airport which also serves as its hub. However, unlike tapping, acupuncture involves needles. Tap verb definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. Northern california slang, more specificaly, mozzy slang 916, oak park, fuck wit us that means breathe on me, call me, hit me. The volunteers have the opportunity to collect real life data for the source to tap project therefore meaning that they will have made a real difference to environmental protection. That is, for a tap or flap the tongue makes an active gesture to contact the target place of articulation, whereas with a trill the contact is due to the vibration caused by the airstream rather than any active movement.
Extended sense make use of is first recorded 1570s. You can manage the repeat and shuffle options by tapping the screen once and swiping to the left. Information about tap in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. When i tapped on the update button, the screen went blank. Another common source of water supply is a small kind of water melon which grows wild and is also cultivated. Historian explains the origin of taps the languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. In most cities and towns, municipal water comes from large wells, lakes, rivers, or reservoirs. The basbab or calabash tree, known in the eastern sudan as the tebeldi and locally homr, is fairly common and being naturally hollow the trees collect water, which the natives regularly tap. I tapped you on the shoulder to get your attention. People go to huntington beach in search of the endless parties. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the cambridge dictionary editors or of cambridge university press or its licensors. A quick tap on the first door to his right was all he gave before pushing it open and entering. National book award finalist a reissue of the classic novel that inspired the movie point break and pioneered a genre. There are several styles of tap dance, including rhythm jazz, classical, broadway, and postmodern.
Synonyms for tap at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Tap definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Introduction tap and span technologies provide direct access to the actual packets navigating across networks, but which is the preferred methodology given todays infrastructures. We recycle water, meaning we withdraw it, use it, sometimes clean it, and then return it to the lake or river to be used again by others downstream.
Many linguists use the terms tap and flap indiscriminately. Tap dance is a type of dance characterised by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Unlike programs that merely calm or soothe, braintap helps restore your brains natural balance so you can feel relaxed, rebooted and revitalized anytime, anywhere. If so, please be advised that you may purchase this service in the next step. A light tap at the door announced the arrival of the servant. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Definition of tap tapped, tapping in the dictionary. Tap score is the only home water testing service to apply toxicological and epidemiological research to your waters contaminant profile in order to give you a full picture of how your drinking water affects your health. Tap into definition of tap into by the free dictionary. A tap issue is a procedure that allows borrowers to sell bonds or other shortterm debt instruments from past issues. A userspace program may also pass packets into a tuntap device. In this case the tuntap device delivers or injects these packets to the operatingsystem network stack thus emulating their reception from an external source. Oh, and theres the sexual definition too, but that has clearly been overdone. The sound is made by shoes that have a metal tap on the heel and toe.
Most cities and towns process the water at treatment plants before the water is tested for epa compliance and is then piped to residential homes and industries. Noun 1 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a. On tap definition, a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask. A tap is a device that controls the flow of a liquid or gas from a pipe or container. Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word tap. Tap definition, to strike with a light but audible blow or blows. These examples are from the cambridge english corpus and from sources on the web. Call it energy, call it the source, call it life force, call it chi whatever you want to call it, it works. Definition of tap from the collins english dictionary. If both options work, when should one technology be used over the other. The definition of a tap is a gentle strumming or striking or an instrument for drawing out liquid. It is important that drinking water is kept clean, safe and reliable. Simplewater tap score independent lab water testing for. Source to tap will deliver a learning and outreach programme.
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