A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. / A device used to dispense liquids. / Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

To furnish with taps. / To draw off liquid from a vessel. / To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. / To exploit.

An Indian malarial fever.

To establish a connection with (something), especially in order to take advantage. / To access (a resource or object).

simple past tense and past participle of tap

furnished with active taps (e.g. a keg or a maple tree) / (card games, board games) of a card or playing piece, used up for the current turn

(golf) A simple, short putt very close to the hole. / (soccer) A simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.

(soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal. / To enter a public transport system (especially the London Underground) by tapping a travelcard on the card-reader

present participle of tap

An act of making a light hit or strike against something. / (music) A guitar technique in which the strings are tapped against the fingerboard / The process by which a resource is tapped or exploited.