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# tap

«tap» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thing you turn to let water come out (US: faucet)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb (tap, taps, tapped, tapping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tap (UK) is a thing you turn to let water come out (US: faucet). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m1)

2) To tap means to touch something lightly and quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m2)

3) A tap is a light knock: a tap on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m3)

4) To tap a screen is to touch it to choose something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m4)

5) Tap dancing is dancing with metal plates on your shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m5)

6) Tap water is water from the tap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a water tap filling or dripping at a rate (liters per minute): amount = rate × time; time = amount ÷ rate. Environment: turn off the tap while you brush your teeth to save water. Everyday: tap the screen, tap someone on the shoulder, on tap (ready to use).

### examples

- The tap fills 5 liters each minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x1)
- A leaking tap drips 2 drops per second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x2)
- The bath fills in 10 minutes with the tap on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x3)
- She tapped the drum 3 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x4)
- Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x5)
- Tap the icon to open the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x6)
- Someone tapped me on the shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x7)
- Is the tap water safe to drink here? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x8)
- He knocked at the door--tap, tap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/#x9)

### note

Countable noun; verb doubles the p: tapped, tapping. Usually a rate of flow: amount = rate × time; time = amount ÷ rate. Trap: with two taps filling one bath, add their rates. Tap (UK) = faucet (US).

### In the corpora

- [It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/1/)
- [Example: in a café in Toronto, Mum taps her phone on the reader and the coffee is paid in a second.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/6/)
- [Some places add a small amount of fluoride to tap water to protect teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/352-teeth-enamel-sugar-holes-brushing-and-the-dentist/10/)
- [Over a hundred years ago a horse called Clever Hans seemed to do sums by tapping his hoof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/2/)
- [After pizza your fingers are greasy, and rinsing under the tap does almost nothing: water and grease do not mix.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/24-soap-and-why-washing-works/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.