Definizione monolingua

tap

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

1. To furnish with taps.
2. To draw off liquid from a vessel.

   He tapped a new barrel of beer.

3. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]

   They cant tap the phone without a warrant.

4. To intercept a communication without authority.

   He was known to tap cable television

5. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

   Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.

tap (plural taps)

1. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
2. A device used to dispense liquids.

   We dont have bottled water, youll have to get it from the tap.

3. 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 valves thread.

4. 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.

5. An interception of communication with authority.

Definizione dizionario tap

	rubinetto
	device to dispense liquid
	Dispositivo applicato all' estremità di un tubo per interrompere e regolare il flusso di un liquido o di un gas.
	A device applied to the end of a pipe in order to interrupt and regulate the flow of a liquid or gas.

	toccare
	To briefly press a UI element with your finger tip or stylus to perform an activity (such as choosing an action from a menu or opening an item).

battere

bussare

colata

incontrare

maschio

origliare

perforare

picchiare

picchio

presa

scegliere

scrivere a macchina

spillare

spina

tap

zaffo

Altri significati:

To make a sharp noise.

To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. [from mid-20th c.]

A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. [from 19th c.]

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.

(combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.

device to cut internal threads

(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

to make a sharp noise

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

An interception of communication with authority.

to intercept communication

spigot

Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. [from 20th c.]

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

To intercept a communication without authority.

to access a resource or object

to make an internal thread

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

To furnish with taps.

(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

To strike lightly. [from early 13th c.]

A device used to dispense liquids.

to furnish with taps

(slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

to place a listening device

connection of a system to the main distribution

(to) strike

to touch something, often repeatedly

to draw off liquid from a vessel

A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)