Tap vs Life - What's the difference?
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A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
A device used to dispense liquids.
Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
(mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
An interception of communication by authority.
To furnish with taps.
To draw off liquid from a vessel.
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
To intercept a communication without authority.
(mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
To strike lightly.
To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
To make a sharp noise.
To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
(slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
(combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
(combat sports) To force (an opponent) to submit.
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To put a new sole or heel on.
A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
(computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel; a heeltap.
(military) 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.
The state that follows birth, and precedes death; the state of being alive and living.
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(lb) A period of time.
#The period during which one (a person, an animal, a plant, a star) is alive.
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#(lb) A life sentence; a term of imprisonment of a convict until his or her death.
(lb) Personal existence.
#(lb) The essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being.
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#*:"I realize as never before how cheap and valueless a thing is life'. '''Life''' seems a joke, a cruel, grim joke. You are a laughable incident or a terrifying one as you happen to be less powerful or more powerful than some other form of ' life which crosses your path; but as a rule you are of no moment whatsoever to anything but yourself. You are a comic little figure, hopping from the cradle to the grave. Yes, that is our trouble—we take ourselves too seriously; but Caprona should be a sure cure for that." She paused and laughed.
#(lb) The subjective and inner manifestation of the individual.
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#The world in general; existence.
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#A worthwhile existence.
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#Animation; spirit; vivacity.
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#*:No notion of life and fire in fancy and in words.
#*(William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
#*:That gives thy gestures grace and life .
#The most lively component or participant.
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#*:"Don't I know that it is you who is the life of this house. Two delightful children!"
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#*:And he is the life of the party at the Musgroves for precisely this reason: the navy has made him into a great storyteller.
#Something which is inherently part of a person's existence, such as job, family, a loved one, etc.
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#(lb) Social life.
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#*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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#*:Writers of particular lives are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.
(lb) One of the player's chances to play, lost when a mistake is made.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , from the noun.Noun
(en noun)- We don't have bottled water; you'll have to get it from the tap .
- a liquor of the same tap
- We drilled a hole and then cut the threads with the proper tap to match the valve's thread.
- The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.
Derived terms
* taproom * taproot * tap waterSynonyms
* (device to dispense liquid) faucet, handle, spigot, spoutVerb
(tapp)- He tapped a new barrel of beer.
- They can't tap the phone without a warrant.
- He was known to tap cable television
- Tap an M3 thread all the way through the hole.
Derived terms
* on tap * on the tap * tap into * tapped outSynonyms
* (intercept communications) eavesdropEtymology 2
From (etyl) tappen, teppen, from (etyl) tapper, .Verb
(tapp)- He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
- She tapped her companion on the back to indicate that she was ready to go.
- Lydia tapped Jim on the shoulder to get his attention.
- The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
- I would tap that hot girl over there.
- I'd tap that.
Kimo 'Tapped Sakuraba", in alt.ufc, Usenet:
- Hard to believe , but 4 years can make a difference.
I 'Tapped Somebody!", in rec.martial-arts, Usenet:
- Just started bjj [= couple of months ago and i finally tapped' someone!!! WOOOHOO! The guy i ' tapped has been traiing a few more months than me, outweighs me by at least 30 pounds, and is in great shape from the army.
Re: UFC vs. Boxing", in rec.sport.boxing, Usenet:
- weighs and he still tapped Butterbean.
- to tap shoes
Synonyms
* (sense) hit, patter, pound, rap, strike * (to make a sharp noise) bang, ping, rap * (to submit to an opponent) tap out * (to force an opponent to submit) tap outNoun
(en noun)- (Addison)
- When Steve felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned around.
- (Wilhelm)
Anagrams
* * * * ----life
English
(wikipedia life)Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}