Handle vs. Tap

Handlenoun

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

Handlenoun

An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.

Handlenoun

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

Handlenoun

(textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.

Handlenoun

(slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.

Handlenoun

(slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.

Handlenoun

(computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.

Handlenoun

A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot and middy for other regional variations.

Handlenoun

(US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. Called a sixty in Canada.

Handlenoun

A point, an extremity of land.

Handlenoun

(topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.

Handlenoun

(algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.

Handleverb

(transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).

Handleverb

To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.

Handleverb

(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.

Handleverb

(transitive) To manage, control, or direct.

Handleverb

(transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).

Handleverb

(transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.

Handleverb

(transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.

Handleverb

To be concerned with; to be an expert in.

Handleverb

(transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).

Handleverb

(intransitive) To use the hands.

Handleverb

(intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).

Handleverb

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

Handleverb

To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.

Handleverb

To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.

Handleverb

To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.

Handleverb

To deal with; to make a business of.

Handleverb

To treat; to use, well or ill.

Handleverb

To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

Handleverb

To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.

Handleverb

To use the hands.

Handlenoun

That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.

Handlenoun

That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.

Handlenoun

the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it;

Handleverb

be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;

Handleverb

interact in a certain way;

Handleverb

deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;

Handleverb

touch, lift, or hold with the hands;

Handleverb

handle effectively;

Handleverb

show and train;

Handle

A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that allows it to be grasped and manipulated by hand. The design of each type of handle involves substantial ergonomic issues, even where these are dealt with intuitively or by following tradition.

Tapnoun

A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.

Tapnoun

A device used to dispense liquids.

Tapnoun

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.

Tapnoun

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

Tapnoun

(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)

Tapnoun

A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.

Tapnoun

An interception of communication by authority.

Tapnoun

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.

Tapnoun

A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity; paracentesis.

Tapnoun

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

Tapnoun

tap dance

Tapnoun

(computing) The act of touching a touch screen.

Tapnoun

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.

Tapnoun

(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.

Tapnoun

(phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.

Tapnoun

An Indian malarial fever.

Tapverb

To furnish with taps.

Tapverb

To draw off liquid from a vessel.

Tapverb

To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.

Tapverb

To exploit.

Tapverb

To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.

Tapverb

To intercept a communication without authority.

Tapverb

(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.

Tapverb

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 temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).

Tapverb

(informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.

Tapverb

To drain off fluid by paracentesis.

Tapverb

To strike lightly.

Tapverb

To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

Tapverb

To make a sharp noise.

Tapverb

To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.

Tapverb

To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.

Tapverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Tapverb

(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.

Tapverb

To force (an opponent) to submit.

Tapverb

To put a new sole or heel on.

Tapverb

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

Tapverb

To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.

Tapverb

To strike a gentle blow.

Tapverb

To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, a keg of beer, etc.

Tapverb

Hence, to draw resources from (a reservoir) in any analogous way; as, to tap someone's knowledge of the Unix system; to tap the treasury.

Tapverb

To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.

Tapverb

To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut, a pipe, or tubing.

Tapverb

to connect a listening device to (a telephone or telegraph line) secretly, for the purpose of hearing private conversations; also, to obtain or record (information) by tapping; - a technique used by law enforcement agencies investigating suspected criminals. In the United States it is illegal without a court order permitting it.

Tapnoun

A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.

Tapnoun

A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.

Tapnoun

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.

Tapnoun

A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.

Tapnoun

A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.

Tapnoun

Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.

Tapnoun

A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.

Tapnoun

A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.

Tapnoun

the sound made by a gentle blow

Tapnoun

a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

Tapnoun

a gentle blow

Tapnoun

a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

Tapnoun

a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

Tapnoun

a plug for a bunghole in a cask

Tapnoun

the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

Tapnoun

a light touch or stroke

Tapverb

cut a female screw thread with a tap

Tapverb

draw from or dip into to get something;

Tapverb

strike lightly;

Tapverb

draw from; make good use of;

Tapverb

tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;

Tapverb

furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;

Tapverb

make light, repeated taps on a surface;

Tapverb

walk with a tapping sound

Tapverb

dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;

Tapverb

draw (liquor) from a tap;

Tapverb

pierce in order to draw a liquid from;

Tapverb

make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;

Tapnoun

a device by which a flow of liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled

Tapnoun

an electrical connection made to some point between the end terminals of a transformer coil or other component.

Tapnoun

a device connected to a telephone for listening secretly to someone's conversations

Tapnoun

an act of listening secretly to someone's telephone conversation.

Tapnoun

an instrument for cutting a threaded hole in a material.

Tapnoun

a taproom.

Tapnoun

a quick light blow, or the sound of such a blow

Tapnoun

tap dancing

Tapnoun

a piece of metal attached to the toe and heel of a tap dancer's shoe to make a tapping sound.

Tapnoun

a bugle call for lights to be put out in army quarters

Tapnoun

a bugle call sounded at a military funeral.

Tapnoun

(in the Guide movement) a closing song sung at an evening camp fire or at the end of a meeting.

Tapverb

draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container)

Tapverb

draw (liquid) from a cask, barrel, or other container

Tapverb

draw sap from (a tree) by cutting into it.

Tapverb

exploit or draw a supply from (a resource)

Tapverb

obtain money or information from (someone)

Tapverb

connect a device to (a telephone) so that conversation can be listened to secretly

Tapverb

cut a thread in (something) to accept a screw

Tapverb

strike with a quick light blow or blows

Tapverb

strike (something) against something else with a quick light blow or blows

Tapverb

produce (a rhythm) with a series of quick light blows on a surface

Tapverb

write or enter (something) using a keyboard or keypad

Tapverb

approach (a sports player) unlawfully with a view to signing them to another club while they are still under contract with their current one.

Tapverb

designate or select (someone) for a task or honour, especially membership of an organization or committee