tap
/tæp/
A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
A device used to dispense liquids.
We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
a liquor of the same tap
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
An interception of communication by authority.
A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
abdominal tap