Clues for the word "TAP"
We've had 450 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1273 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 20, 2025.
Definition of tap
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
- n. - A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
- n. - A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
- n. - 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.
- v. i. - To strike a gentle blow.
- n. - A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
- n. - A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
- n. - Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
- n. - A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
- v. t. - Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
- v. t. - To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
- v. t. - To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.
Referring Clues
- Spigot
- Designate
- Do some soft-shoe
- Strike lightly
- Keep time
- It bugs people on the phone
- Access, with "into"
- Dance specialty
- Select
- Draw from
- Water source
- Faucet
- Cane's sound
- Item on a dancer's heel
- Whence water
- Connect to secretly
- Kind of dance
- Light touch
- Choose
- You may draw from it
- Pick
- Dancer's shoe attachment
- Draft outlet
- Beer may be on it
- Something to draw from
- Make use of
- Need for a keg
- Call on
- Draft dispenser
- Punch out, as Morse code
- Water gate?
- Listening device
- Cask control
- Utilize
- Listening-in device
- Keg opening
- Bug
- Use as a resource
- Send a message in Morse code, e.g.
- Beer may be on this
- Keg necessity
- Brewpub fixture
- Soft-shoe, e.g.
- Spy's device
- Access, as a resource
- Bill (Bojangles) Robinson's forte
- Snooping aid
- Attention getter
- Beer source
- Keg outlet
- Dance like Hines
- Spigot for syrup
- Brewpub fixture...
- It enables dancing out loud
- Gentle blow
- Dance like 23-Across
- Emulate Gregory Hines
- Beer barrel poker
- Gregory Hines's specialty
- "This Is Spinal ___"
- Bug on a wire
- Keg feature
- Gregory Hines movie of 1989
- Kind of room or root
- Beer keg feature
- Bug, in a way
- The Step Brothers' dance genre
- Spigot for sap
- Light blow
- Puncture, as a keg
- Poker at a frat party?
- Keg access
- Eavesdrop electronically
- Dance like Gene Kelly
- Call upon
- Pub fixture
- Draft device
- Keg attachment
- Audible dance style
- Intercepting device
- Draw upon
- Shoe attachment
- Keg device
- "Noise/Funk" genre
- Savion Glover's specialty
- Eavesdropping device
- Mumble's skill in "Happy Feet"
- Keep time, perhaps
- Sign of impatience
- Stout spout
- Not a big hit?
- Bar fixture
- Beer keg insert
- Audible dance
- Bar spigot
- Draft source
- Hit lightly
- Exploit
- Start using
- Pub faucet
- Bojangles' genre
- Pub spigot
- Dance style
- Word with wire or spinal
- Keg insert
- Suds source
- Select, so to speak
- Touch on the shoulder
- Open, as a keg
- Open up
- Water faucet
- Brew outlet
- Draw off
- Telegrapher's sound
- Take advantage of
- Begin to use
- Alehouse fixture
- Pub feature
- Beer barrel poker?
- Water outlet
- Shoe type
- Percussive dance
- Dancing specialty
- Type of dance
- Keg part
- Noisy dance
- Plant a bug in
- Anxious foot action
- Beer-keg adjunct
- Beer keg outlet
- Dancing that really clicks with audiences
- Keg stopper
- Percussive dance style
- Hardly hit
- Certain shoe attachment
- Eavesdropper's device
- Brewpub feature
- Gregory Hines film
- Guinness spout
- Begin to use, as resources
- Fred Astaire forte
- Rap lightly
- Beer-keg insert
- Object of many a court order
- Brew dispenser
- What an anxious foot does
- Choose for membership
- Dance genre
- Brew source
- Draw on
- Touch on the shoulder, say
- Bojangles specialty
- Access
- Dance like Bojangles
- Shoulder touch
- Dance like the Hines Brothers
- Shoe add-on
- Light hit
- Beer dispenser
- Something for snooping
- Send a message in Morse
- Additional phone line?
- Emulate an anxious foot
- Prep, as 32-Down
- Savion Glover's dance genre
- Collect maple sap
- "Pardon me ..." gesture
- Soft touch
- Loud dance
- Keg need
- Knock lightly
- Keg piece
- Phone bug
- Spout
- Astaire specialty
- Noisy dance style
- Loud dance style
- Gregory Hines' specialty
- Savion Glover's genre
- Savion Glover specialty
- Dancing-shoe attachment
- Gregory Hines specialty
- Savion Glover's skill
- Emulate Mr. Bojangles
- Little hit
- Spying setup
- Spying gizmo
- Keg add-on
- Spinal ___
- Tavern spigot
- Keg opener
- Select, informally
- Physical "Psst!"
- Shoe saver
- See 62-Across
- Drafts may be served on it
- Pierce, as a keg
- Ready, as a keg
- Type of dancing
- Light knock
- Extra phone line?
- Bugging device
- Dance style with fancy footwork
- Keg spigot
- Light pat
- It's not the old soft shoe
- Kegger necessity
- Borrow money from
- Flow controller
- Select for committee work
- Hard dance shoe
- Unwanted phone connection
- Hit lightly and repeatedly
- One place to get water
- Draw fluid from
- Sharp quick blow
- Bad thing to have on your phone
- Monitor, in a way
- Bojangles' art
- Gregory Hines forte
- Sink feature
- Dance often done with top hat and cane
- Bugs on the line
- Ale dispenser
- Keep time, in a way
- Kind of water or dance
- Bug someone's phone, e.g.
- Pat
- Bug on the line
- Dancing shoe item
- Dance like Astaire
- 31-Down strategy
- Listen in on, in a way
- Gentle touch
- Barroom fixture
- Hoofer's clicker
- Dance noisily
- Dance class
- Spying tool
- Drum, as fingers
- Knock gently
- 120-Down source
- One of a brewpub array
- Use, as resources
- Gentle attention-getter
- Small hit
- Available, with "on"
- Barely hit
- Not much of a knock
- Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward
- Source of suds
- Bug, as a phone
- "Singin' in the Rain" dance style
- Physical attention-getter
- When repeated, testing of a mic
- Poke gently
- Kitchen faucet
- Name
- Activate, as a phone app
- Strike gently
- Bud source, perhaps
- Open for use
- Knock
- Break into
- Weak punch?
- ___ water
- Source of 16-Across
- Open a barrel
- You may feel one on your shoulder
- Source for beer or water
- Drum lightly
- Hines film
- Gentle knock
- Kind of dance with noisy shoes
- Lightly hit
- Kind of dancing
- ___ your foot (keep time to music)
- Telephone bug
- Type of shoe for a dancer
- Move one's foot nervously
- Type of shoes for a certain dancer
- What a anxious foot does
- Type of dance using noisy shoes
- A toe may do it to music
- ___ a foot to the music
- Kind of water
- Noisy type of dance?
- Certain dance form
- Noisy type of dancing
- Type of dancing shoe
- What an anxious foot may do
- Type of shoes for a certain type of dancer
- Savion Glover's dance specialty
- Noisy dance genre
- Michael McKean band Spinal ___
- Harry Shearer band Spinal ___
- Light touch (hot or cold?)
- Apt to be bent over the sink
- Can you knock it on?
- Possibly apt to be bent over the sink
- Bartender takes a pee: it's where we get beer
- Strike, on and off?
- Make thread that's sound
- Knock Pat up
- It's apt to be turned on
- Milk or some butter on the turn
- Valve controlling flow - light knock
- One can be hot or cold?
- Return of postman's knock
- Source of a draft
- It's apt to be turned
- Cask attachment
- Kegger need
- Christopher Guest band Spinal ___
- Beer keg's spigot
- Bug (phone)
- Readily available, on ___
- 1dn to get on the phone, perhaps!
- 1Dn on the phone
- Source of beer or water
- Dance that makes sounds
- Woodpecker's sound
- Start flowing
- Bojangles' dance genre
- Domestically useful piece of gutta-percha
- Dancer's clicker
- Dance type
- FISA warrant objective
- Phone cut-in
- Typing sound
- It's inserted into a keg
- Kitchen drawer?
- Wire intrusion
- A light blow may be apt
- One in a pub lineup
- Activate, as a mobile app
- Dance variety
- Beer hall fixture
- Touch lightly
- A screwy faucet?
- Beer extraction gadget
- Draw at a pub
- Bill Robinson specialty
- Funny old cure for water on the brain
- Obtain a supply with a word of thanks, softly
- Knock softly
- One in a pub array
- Bar valve
- For dancing, no violent beat is needed
- Hines dance style
- Utilize, with "into"
- Spy's bug
- Word with dance or root
- Draw sap from, as a maple
- In quiet approach, make little sound
- Dance style known for its shoes
- Source of water
- Source of 21-Across
- Tavern fixture
- Brewpub unit
- Get from storage
- One in a bar array
- "What's on ___?" (bar query)
- Dance with an audible rhythm
- Surveil via phone
- Dancing suitable for radio
- Covert information source
- Gently touch
- Put to use
- Stout source
- Dance style with a soft-shoe variety
- Apt to be on the end of a pipe
- Part of a tavern
- On (available)
- Noisy dance variety
- Touch-screen touch
- Bug on a phone line
- Hit without force
- Type of dance you can hear
- App action
- Common water supplier
- Opposite of bottled
- ["Is this thing on?"]
- Percussive kind of dancing
- A fitting end to a pipe
- Kind of dance inspired by clogging
- Is usually bent over the sink
- Select, as for a job
- Do this with your noisy dance shoes
- Touchscreen touch
- Bar beer source
- Touch gently
- Knock on, as a window
- When repeated, sound of impatience
- Dances like Savion Glover
- Dance style for Bill Robinson or Gregory Hines
- Can you knock it on?
- Pay with a chip-based credit card, perhaps
- Get money from, quietly, with thanks
- Dance like Chloe Arnold
- Restaurant water choice
- Draft beers on ___
- Silent "excuse me"
- Dance like Savion Glover
- Smartphone input instruction
- Accessory for Astaire
- Verb that rhymes with "app"
- Dance with metallic shoes
- Touch a touchscreen
- Touch lightly on the shoulder
- Poke a hole in, like a maple tree
- Strike, on and off?
- Apt to get upset, being bent over the sink
- Type of shoe for certain dancers
- Choose, in Duck, Duck, Goose
- Dance with clicking sounds
- A golfer can so very easily do it in!
- Touch with a stylus
- Like some water
- Choose, as a running mate
- Dance with a paradiddle step
- Lightly touch
- Brewery faucet
- Touch a phone screen
- Dispenser of drafts
- Use a touchscreen
- "Is this thing on?" action
- Call upon, as for a position
- Activate, as a touchscreen
- Alternative to bottled
- Touch, as on the shoulder
- Part of a mic check
- Activate, as a 24-Down
- Source of draft beer
- "Swipe, insert or ___ to pay"
- Touch
- Dance style with special shoes
- Alternative to "swipe" for a credit card
- Recruit
- Loud dancing style
- Dance like Arthur Duncan
- Dance with a clickety-clack
- Alternative to a swipe, for a credit card
- Dance style with shuffles and buffaloes
- Noisy dancing specialty
- "What's on ___?" (question at a bar)
- Dance like Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
- Rhythmic dancing specialty
- Mic check action
- Open for drinks
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 20, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 14, 2025
- New York Times - January 11, 2025
- USA Today - January 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2025
- USA Today - December 30, 2024
- Family Time - December 29, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 25, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - December 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 19, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 17, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 15, 2024
- New York Times - December 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 11, 2024
- USA Today - December 11, 2024
- USA Today - December 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 21, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 03, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 30, 2024
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