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TAP

3 letters

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TAP is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

TAPS-s 1 TAPPING-ping 5 TAPPED-ped 3

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TAPPINGS 11
noun
  1. A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
  2. broadlyAn object with a tapering conical form like a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 1); specifically, ellipsis of taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
  3. broadlyA hollow device used to control the flow of a fluid, such as an alcoholic beverage from a cask, or a gas or liquid in a pipe.
    • We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.
    • Is the tap water here safe to drink?
    • Taps, also called spouts or spiles, are valveless pipes inserted into drilled holes in maple trees to collect their sap as part of the process of making maple syrup
  4. broadlyinformalA procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.
    • abdominal tap pleural tap spinal tap
  5. broadlyLiquor drawn through a tap (etymology 1, noun sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
    • a liquor of the same tap
  6. broadlyA device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
  7. broadlyA secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
    • telephone tap
  8. broadlyA situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
    • bond tap tap issue
  9. broadlyA cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.
    • We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve’s thread.
  10. UKabbreviationbroadlyellipsisEllipsis of taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
  11. UKbroadlyA connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.
    • The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
  12. countableuncountableA light blow or strike with a clear sound; a gentle rap; a pat; also, the sound made by such a blow or strike.
    • When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
  13. countableinformaluncountableThe smallest amount of work; a stroke of work.
  14. countableuncountableOne of the metal pieces attached to the sole of a tap dancer's shoe at the toe and heel to cause a tapping sound.
  15. countableslanguncountableA shot fired from a firearm.
  16. countableuncountableAn act of touching a button, icon, or specific location on the touch screen of an electronic device such as a mobile phone to invoke a function.
  17. countableuncountableA single muscle contraction in vocal organs causing a consonant sound; also, the sound so made.
  18. UKUScountabledialectaluncountableA piece of leather or other material fastened upon the bottom of an item of footwear when repairing the heel or sole; also (England, dialectal) the sole of an item of footwear.
  19. abbreviationellipsisuncountableEllipsis of tap dance.
  20. EastIndiauncountableA malarial fever.
verb
  1. broadlytransitiveTo furnish (a container, etc.) with a tap (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) so that liquid can be drawn.
  2. transitiveTo draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).
    • He tapped the ten-year-old whiskey from its barrel.
    • If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.
  3. informaltransitiveTo drain off fluid from (a person or a body cavity) by paracentesis.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.
    • Businesses are trying to tap the youth market.
    • He tried to tap cable television without a subscription.
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo deplete (something); to tap out.
  6. figurativelyinformaltransitiveTo ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.
    • I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn’t give me one.
  7. figurativelytransitiveTo connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).
    • They can’t tap the phone without a warrant.
  8. figurativelytransitiveTo turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round.
  9. figurativelytransitiveTo force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.
  10. transitiveTo remove a taproot from (a plant).
  11. transitiveTo cut an internal screw thread in (a hole); also, to cut (an internal screw thread) in a hole, or to create an internally threaded hole in (something).
    • Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
  12. transitiveTo cut an external screw thread into (a bolt or rod) to create a screw.
  13. transitiveTo put (a screw or other object) in or through another thing.
  14. intransitiveTo act as a tapster; to draw an alcoholic beverage from a container.
  15. intransitiveobsoleteTo spend money, etc., freely.
  16. transitiveTo strike (someone or something), chiefly lightly with a clear sound, but sometimes hard.
    • Emma tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
  17. slangtransitiveAlso in the form tap on the shoulder: to arrest (someone).
  18. slangtransitivevulgarTo have sexual intercourse with (someone).
    • I would tap that hot girl over there.
    • I’d tap that.
  19. slangtransitiveTo shoot (someone or something) with a firearm.
  20. transitiveTo (lightly) touch (a finger, foot, or other body part) on a surface, often repeatedly.
    • You can pay by tapping your card.
    • He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
  21. transitiveTo lightly touch a touchscreen, usually an icon or button, to activate a function.
  22. transitiveTo lightly and repeatedly touch (a person or one or more body parts) as part of various forms of psychological treatment.
  23. transitiveTo force (an opponent) to submit, chiefly by indicating their intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
  24. transitiveTo invoke a function on an electronic device such as a mobile phone by touching (a button, icon, or specific location on its touch screen).
  25. UKUSdialectaltransitiveTo repair (an item of footwear) by putting on a new heel or sole, or a piece of material on to the heel or sole.
    • to tap shoes
  26. USinformaltransitiveTo choose or designate (someone) for a duty, an honour, membership of an organization, or a position.
    • He was tapped by the president to act as a special counsel.
  27. intransitiveOften followed by at or on: to strike lightly with a clear sound; also, to make a sharp noise through this action.
    • The tree was swaying in the breeze and tapping on the window pane.
  28. intransitiveTo walk by striking the ground lightly with a clear sound.
  29. intransitiveOf a bell, a drum, etc.: to make a sharp noise, often as a signal.
  30. intransitiveTo submit to an opponent, chiefly by indicating an intention to do so by striking a hand on the ground several times; to tap out.
  31. intransitiveobsoleteOf a hare or rabbit: to strike the ground repeatedly with its feet during the rutting season.