untappable

verb (used with object), tapped, tap·ping.

1. to strike with a light but audible blow or blows; hit with repeated, slight blows: He tapped the door twice.
2. to make, put, etc., by tapping: to tap a nail into a wall.
3. to strike (the fingers, a foot, a pencil, etc.) upon or against something, especially with repeated light blows: Stop tapping your feet!
4. Basketball. to strike (a ball in the air) in the direction of a teammate or of the basket.
5. to enter information or produce copy by tapping on a keyboard: to tap data into a computer; to tap out a magazine article.
6. to add a thickness of leather to the sole or heel of (a boot or shoe), as in repairing.

verb (used without object), tapped, tap·ping.

7. to strike lightly but audibly, as to attract attention.
8. to strike light blows.
9. to tap-dance.

noun

10. a light but audible blow: a tap on the shoulder.
11. the sound made by this.
12. a piece of metal attached to the toe or heel of a shoe, as for reinforcement or for making the tapping of a dancer more audible.
13. Basketball. an act or instance of tapping the ball: Hanson got the tap from our center, who, 6prime;9″ tall, couldn’t lose a jump ball.
14. a thickness of leather added to the sole or heel of a boot or shoe, as in repairing.

verb taps, tapping or tapped

1. to strike (something) lightly and usually repeatedlyto tap the table; to tap on the table
2. (tr) to produce by striking in this wayto tap a rhythm
3. (tr) to strike lightly with (something)to tap one’s finger on the desk
4. (intr) to walk with a tapping soundshe tapped across the floor
5. (tr) to attach metal or leather reinforcing pieces to (the toe or heel of a shoe)

noun

6. a light blow or knock, or the sound made by it
7. the metal piece attached to the toe or heel of a shoe used for tap-dancing
8. short for tap-dancingSee tap-dancing
9. phonetics the contact made between the tip of the tongue and the alveolar ridge as the tongue is flicked upwards in the execution of a flap or vibrates rapidly in the execution of a trill or roll

noun

1. a valve by which a fluid flow from a pipe can be controlled by opening and closing an orificeUS and Canadian name: faucet
2. a stopper to plug a cask or barrel and enable the contents to be drawn out in a controlled flow
3. a particular quality of alcoholic drink, esp when contained in casksan excellent tap
4. British short for taproom
5. the surgical withdrawal of fluid from a bodily cavitya spinal tap
6. Also called: screw tap a tool for cutting female screw threads, consisting of a threaded steel cylinder with longitudinal grooves forming cutting edgesCompare die 2 (def. 2)
7. electronics, mainly US and Canadian a connection made at some point between the end terminals of an inductor, resistor, or some other componentUsual Brit name: tapping
8. stock exchange
   1. an issue of a government security released slowly onto the market when its market price reaches a predetermined level
   2. (as modifier)tap stock; tap issue
9. a concealed listening or recording device connected to a telephone or telegraph wire for the purpose of obtaining information secretly
10. on tap
    1. informalready for immediate use
    2. (of drinks) on draught

verb taps, tapping or tapped (tr)

11. to furnish with a tap
12. to draw off with or as if with a tap
13. to cut into (a tree) and draw off sap from it
14. British informal to ask or beg (someone) for moneyhe tapped me for a fiver
15. 1. to connect a tap to (a telephone or telegraph wire)
    2. to listen in secret to (a telephone message, etc) by means of a tap
16. to make a connection to (a pipe, drain, etc)
17. to cut a female screw thread in (an object or material) by use of a tap
18. to withdraw (fluid) from (a bodily cavity)
19. informal (of a sports team or an employer) to make an illicit attempt to recruit (a player or employee bound by an existing contract)

noun, verb

1. a Scot word for top 1

v.1“strike lightly,” c.1200, from Old French taper “tap, rap, strike,” from a Gallo-Romance or Germanic 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. Related: Tapped; tapping. n.1“stopper, faucet,” Old English tæppa, from Proto-Germanic *tappon (cf. Middle Dutch tappe, Dutch tap, Old High German zapfo, German zapfen). Originally a tapering cylindrical peg (hence taproot). Phrase on tap “ready for use” is recorded from late 15c. v.2“to supply with a tap,” Old English tæppian, from source of tap (n.1). Meaning “to draw liquor with a tap” is from mid-15c. Extended sense of “make use of” is first recorded 1570s. Meaning “to listen in secretly” (1869), originally with reference to telegraph wires. Tapped out “broke” is 1940s slang, perhaps from the notion of having tapped all one’s acquaintances for loans already (cf. British slang on the tap “begging, making requests for loans,” 1932). n.2“light blow or stroke,” late 14c., from tap (v.1). Tap dancer first recorded 1927, from tap (n.) in the sense of “metal plate over the heel of a shoe” (1680s). n.3“device to listen in secretly on telephone calls,” 1923, from tap (v.2) in the “listen secretly” sense. n.

1. The removal of fluid from a body cavity.

v.

1. To withdraw fluid from a body cavity, as with a trocar and cannula, hollow needle, or catheter.
2. To strike lightly with the finger or a hammerlike instrument, as in percussion or to elicit a tendon reflex.

see on tap.