"tap" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We don't have bottled water, you'll have to get it from the tap."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device that liquids come out of."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-noun-19AutD~X"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-noun-FqQcQ8uG"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill advised taps along its length."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-noun-xazjeucE"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)"
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-noun-om-BO0Ct",
      "raw_tags": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tap.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taps",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapping",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "tap",
        "2": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Steve tapped the keg so we could drink beer."
        },
        {
          "text": "When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To access a resource or object."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-verb-cs4J8e8-"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tap my fingers on the table when I get bored."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was tapping her leg because she was nervous."
        },
        {
          "text": "He tapped me on my shoulder to let me know it was time to go."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To touch someone or something lightly with your finger, hand, or foot, sometimes repeatedly."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-verb-dEy-ZRj8"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They can't tap the phone without a warrant."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To place a listening or recording device on a telephone connection."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-verb-8SkBj8dE"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut an internal screw thread."
      ],
      "id": "simple-tap-en-verb-xj1wiwNF",
      "raw_tags": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tæp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tap.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We don't have bottled water, you'll have to get it from the tap."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device that liquids come out of."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill advised taps along its length."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tæp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tap.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tap",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taps",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapped",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tapping",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Steve tapped the keg so we could drink beer."
        },
        {
          "text": "When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To access a resource or object."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tap my fingers on the table when I get bored."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was tapping her leg because she was nervous."
        },
        {
          "text": "He tapped me on my shoulder to let me know it was time to go."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To touch someone or something lightly with your finger, hand, or foot, sometimes repeatedly."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They can't tap the phone without a warrant."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To place a listening or recording device on a telephone connection."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut an internal screw thread."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "mechanical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-tap.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tap"
}