Significado

• Noun

  1. A tapering cylindrical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
  2. An object with a tapering cylindrical form like a tap (sense 1); specifically, short for taproot (“long, tapering root of a plant”).
  3. A 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.
  4. (informal) A 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.
  5. Liquor drawn through a tap (sense 2.2); hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; also (figurative, informal), a certain kind or quality of any thing.
  6. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.
  7. A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.
  8. A 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.
  9. A 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.
  10. Short for taphouse or taproom (“place where alcoholic beverages are served on tap”).
  11. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

• Verb
• Verb