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Results for: "tap"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

tap — to wiretap, secretly listen to
→ podsłuchiwać
→ założyć podsłuch
tap — to touch something, often repeatedly
→ stuknąć
→ klepnąć

More translations:

tap
→ puknięcie, stuknięcie
tap
→ pukać
tap
→ kurek
tap
→ (zacząć) wykorzystywać, eksploatować
tap
→ podsłuchiwać

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (8)

1. the sound made by a gentle blow;
[syn: pat, rap, tap]

2. a gentle blow;
[syn: rap, strike, tap]

3. a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask;
[syn: water faucet, water tap, tap, hydrant]

4. a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing);

5. a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads;

6. a plug for a bunghole in a cask;
[syn: tap, spigot]

7. the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information;
[syn: wiretap, tap]

8. a light touch or stroke;
[syn: tap, pat, dab]


VERB (12)

1. cut a female screw thread with a tap;

2. draw from or dip into to get something;
- Example: "tap one's memory"
- Example: "tap a source of money"

3. strike lightly;
- Example: "He tapped me on the shoulder"
[syn: tap, tip]

4. draw from; make good use of;
- Example: "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
[syn: exploit, tap]

5. tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
- Example: "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"
- Example: "Is this hotel room bugged?"
[syn: wiretap, tap, intercept, bug]

6. furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it;
- Example: "tap a cask of wine"

7. make light, repeated taps on a surface;
- Example: "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
[syn: tap, rap, knock, pink]

8. walk with a tapping sound;

9. dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes;
- Example: "Glover tapdances better than anybody"
[syn: tapdance, tap]

10. draw (liquor) from a tap;
- Example: "tap beer in a bar"

11. pierce in order to draw a liquid from;
- Example: "tap a maple tree for its syrup"
- Example: "tap a keg of beer"

12. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
- Example: "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"
- Example: "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
[syn: solicit, beg, tap]