Please use the cold tap when washing the vegetables to keep them crisp.

Late at night, while the watch was thin, the deckhands would tap the admiral and hide a pint of rum for themselves.

Before the performance, she asked the students to tap out the rhythm on their desks to practice synchronization.

Before beginning repairs, the plumber turned off the stop-tap to isolate the leaking pipe.

The community theater's tap dances drew a larger crowd than the drama performances this season.

She found a pair of vintage black tap pants at the flea market and couldn't resist buying them.

After he stole another inmate's contraband, he found himself off tap, avoided by the whole wing and constantly threatened.

After the neurologist performed the champagne tap, she smiled when the clear sample ruled out infection.

After several days of worsening abdominal distension, the patient underwent an ascitic tap to relieve discomfort and obtain fluid for analysis.

After the patient's breathlessness worsened, the clinician performed a pleural tap to relieve the fluid buildup.