Nap vs. Tap
Napnoun
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
Napnoun
A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
Napnoun
The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
Napnoun
(British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
Napnoun
A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
Napnoun
A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
Napnoun
(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
Napverb
To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
Napverb
(figuratively) To be off one's guard.
Napverb
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
Napverb
(obsolete) To grab; to nab.
Napverb
(cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
Napverb
To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.
Napverb
To be in a careless, secure state; to be unprepared; as, to be caught napping.
Napverb
To raise, or put, a nap on.
Napnoun
A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.
Napnoun
Woolly or villous surface of felt, cloth, plants, etc.; an external covering of down, of short fine hairs or fibers forming part of the substance of anything, and lying smoothly in one direction; the pile; as, the nap of cotton flannel or of broadcloth.
Napnoun
The loops which are cut to make the pile, in velvet.
Napnoun
Same as Napoleon, 1, below.
Napnoun
a period of time spent sleeping;
Napnoun
a soft or fuzzy surface texture
Napnoun
the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave;
Napnoun
a short sleep (usually not in bed)
Napnoun
a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
Napverb
take a siesta;
Nap
A nap is a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours.
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
