| Engels > Nederlands |
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| tap |
| 1. kraan |
| 2. tikken |
| Engels > Engels |
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| tap |
| 1. n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot. |
| 2. n. A device used to dispense liquids. |
| We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap. |
| 3. n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. |
| a liquor of the same tap |
| 4. n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. |
| 5. n. (mechanics) 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. |
| 6. n. 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. |
| 7. n. An interception of communication by authority. |
| 8. n. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. |
| 9. n. (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis. |
| abdominal tap, pleural tap, spinal tap |
| 10. v. To furnish with taps. |
| If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup! |
| 11. v. To draw off liquid from a vessel. |
| He tapped a new barrel of beer. |
| 12. v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. |
| 13. v. To exploit. |
| Businesses are trying to tap the youth market. |
| 14. v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. |
| They can't tap the phone without a warrant. |
| 15. v. To intercept a communication without authority. |
| He was known to tap cable television |
| 16. v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread. |
| Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole. |
| 17. v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of tempora |
| 18. v. (informal) To cadge, borrow or beg. |
| I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn't give me one. |
| 19. v. (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid by paracentesis. |
| 20. v. To strike lightly. |
| 21. v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly. |
| He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table. |
| She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go. |
| Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention. |
| 22. v. To make a sharp noise. |
| The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane. |
| 23. v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. |
| 24. v. (slang) To have sexual intercourse with. |
| I would tap that hot girl over there. |
| I'd tap that. |
| 25. v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly. |
| 26. v. (combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit. |
| 27. v. To put a new sole or heel on. |
| to tap shoes |
| 28. n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. |
| When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around. |
| 29. n. tap dance |
| 30. n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen. |
| 31. n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap. |
| 32. n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. |
| 33. n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound ɾ in the standard American English pronunciation of body. |
| 34. n. An Indian malarial fever. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| kraan |
| 1. n-f. crane (machine for lifting) |
| 2. n-f. tap, faucet |
| 3. n-m. topics, Cranes (birds) obsolete synonym of kraanvogel, t=crane (bird) |
