as in drums
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
tapped her foot in time to the music kept tapping the desk with his pencil
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as in drains
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
the oil company tapped that first well completely dry
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Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
And her gossamer guitar strums are as faint as whispers, keeping time alongside echoey taps and supple upright bass.
—Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
On Me taps into specific stores that accept Mastercard, allowing its gift cards to be customizable across different merchants.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Offering consumers a sweepstakes that connects with holiday spending taps into trends.
—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The two leaders said their teams worked together for months, listening to four different groups operating in West and Southwest Baltimore through wire taps.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
The antique brass taps are from Lefroy Brooks, and the mirror is vintage.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
In some cases, Hyundai Design VP Ha said, touch screen systems would take several taps to execute a function a physical knob could perform immediately.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, people who still have homes are only beginning to see water pour from their taps.
—Michael Graff, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
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Whoever DeWine taps to fill the seat left vacant by Vance could hold it for decades, a development that would have seemed far-fetched if suggested barely a decade ago.
—Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
And her gossamer guitar strums are as faint as whispers, keeping time alongside echoey taps and supple upright bass.
—Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024
On Me taps into specific stores that accept Mastercard, allowing its gift cards to be customizable across different merchants.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Offering consumers a sweepstakes that connects with holiday spending taps into trends.
—Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
The two leaders said their teams worked together for months, listening to four different groups operating in West and Southwest Baltimore through wire taps.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
The antique brass taps are from Lefroy Brooks, and the mirror is vintage.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
In some cases, Hyundai Design VP Ha said, touch screen systems would take several taps to execute a function a physical knob could perform immediately.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, people who still have homes are only beginning to see water pour from their taps.
—Michael Graff, Axios, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Taps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taps. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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