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Definitions
a light touch or stroke
Word origin
The noun is derived from Middle English tappe (“hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”), from Old English tæppa, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tapa.
Used in a sentence
“We don’t have bottled water; you’ll have to get it from the tap.”
“Is the tap water here safe to drink?”
“Taps, also called spouts or spiles, are valveless pipes inserted into drilled holes in maple trees to collect their sap as part of the process of making maple syrup”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Faucet”3 letters
02“Barrel spout”3 letters
03“Water spout”3 letters
04“Gentle knock”3 letters
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