tap – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tap out sth
Participle: tapped out sth
Gerund: tapping out sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	tap out sth
we	Let's tap out sth
you	tap out sth

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to administer a physical blow

bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

rap

knock, hit, pat, touch, bob

pierce

bore, drill, spear, spike, lance, stab, perforate, broach

drain

draw, empty

Antonyms

drain

fill, inundate, replenish, supply

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "strike lightly," c.1225, from O.Fr. taper "tap, rap, strike," from a Gallo-Romance or Gmc. source ultimately imitative of the sound of rapping. Meaning "to designate for some duty or for membership" is recorded from 1952, from notion of a tap on the shoulder. The noun is attested from c.1300. Tap dancer first recorded 1927, from tap (n.) in the sense of "metal plate over the heel of a shoe" (1688).
2. 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.
3. The verb is derived from Middle English tappen (“to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”), from Old English tæppian (“to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”), and then either:
4. * from Old English tæppa (see above) + -ian (suffix forming verbs); or
5. * from Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from *tappô (noun) (see above).
6. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.5 (“to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round”) alludes to the abilities or resources of the card or piece having been drawn on to the point of temporary exhaustion: see verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.3.2. See: Middle English 'tappen', Old English 'tæppian'.

Verbs referencing "tap"

German, old spelling zapfen, Korean 탭하다.

Sample Sentences