Tap Definition
- Ready to be drawn; in a tapped cask:
beer on tap.
- Available for immediate use; ready:
extra personnel on tap.
- Ready to be drawn; in a tapped cask:
beer on tap.
- Available for immediate use; ready:
extra personnel on tap.
- in a tapped or open cask (of liquor) and ready to be drawn; on draft
- ready for consideration or action
Origin of Tap
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From Middle English tappen, teppen, from Old French tapper, taper (“to tap"), of Germanic origin, from Old Frankish *tappōn, *dabbōn (“to strike") or from Middle Low German tappen, tapen ("to tap, rap, strike"); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dab- (“to strike"), from Proto-Indo-European *dÊ°AbÊ°- (“to beat, strike, stun, be speechless"). Related to German tappen (“to grope, fumble"), Icelandic tappa, tapsa, tæpta (“to tap"). Related to dab.
From Wiktionary
Middle English tappe from Old English tæppa tapered peg used as a stopper German Zapfen pine cone, stopper and perhaps also to Sanskrit stabakaḥ bouquet, bunch (perhaps originally referring to a bunch of grass that could be used as a stopper)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English tappe from Old English tæppa tapered peg used as a stopper German Zapfen pine cone, stopper and perhaps also to Sanskrit stabakaḥ bouquet, bunch (perhaps originally referring to a bunch of grass that could be used as a stopper)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English tappen from Old French taper of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English tappen from Old French taper of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English tæppa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.
From Wiktionary
Old English tæppian
From Wiktionary
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