Tap vs Whip - 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.
A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals
# Same instrument used to strike a person or animal for corporal punishment or torture.
(hunting) A whipper-in.
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(politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
Whipped cream.
(nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
(African American Vernacular English) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and models including motorcycles, excluding public transportation.
(roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
To hit with a whip.
By extension, to hit with any flexible object.
(slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
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To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
To urge into action.
(nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
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(nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
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To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
* He whipped the ball at me.
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To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
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To snap back and forth like a whip.
* The pennants whipped in the wind.
To move very fast.
* The wind whipped through the valley.
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To move (something) very fast; often with up'', ''out , etc.
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(roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
(figurative) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
* Shakespeare
To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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
* * * * ----whip
English
Noun
(en noun)- From the far side of the wood came the long shrill screech […] which signifies that one of the whips has viewed the fox quitting the covert.
Synonyms
* (last for directing animals) crop (especially for horses), dressage whip (especially for horses), driving whip (especially for horses), jumping bat (especially for horses), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong * (lash for corporal punishment) cat (nautical), flail, knout, lash, quirt, scourge, sjambok (South African), thong * (political party enforcer) party whipDerived terms
* bullock-whip * bullwhip * buggy whip * coachwhip * dogwhip * drafting whip * horsewhip * longe whip * party whip * signal whip, signalwhip * snake whip, snakewhip * stockwhip * whipcracking * whip snake * yard whipVerb
(whipp)- The rider whipped the horse.
- I whipped her with a newspaper.
- She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break.
- to whip eggs or cream
- He whipped the department into shape.
- Its string is firmly whipped about with small gut.
- to whip a ruffle
- In half-whipped muslin needles useless lie.
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- whipping their rough surface for a trout
- Two friends, travelling, met a bear upon the way; the one whips up a tree, and the other throws himself flat upon the ground.
- He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped upstairs into the cabinet. It was but for one minute that I saw him, but the hair stood upon my head like quills.
- She, in a hurry, whips up her darling under her arm.
- He whips out his pocketbook every moment, and writes descriptions of everything he sees.
- They would whip me with their fine wits.
- to whip wheat