butt vs tap

butt

verb
  • To strike bluntly with the head. 

  • To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. 

  • To strike bluntly, particularly with the head. 

noun
  • The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 

  • A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt. 

  • The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass). 

  • The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 

  • The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts. 

  • The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll. 

  • A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. 

  • A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed. 

  • An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe. 

  • Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot 

  • A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. 

  • The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury. 

  • A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge. 

  • The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. 

  • A mark to be shot at; a target. 

  • A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering. 

  • The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 

  • The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. 

  • A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. 

  • The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat. 

  • The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired. 

  • A thrust in fencing. 

  • Body; self. 

  • A used cigarette. 

  • A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons. 

tap

verb
  • To strike lightly. 

  • To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen. 

  • To draw off liquid from a vessel. 

  • To drain off fluid by paracentesis. 

  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • To put a new sole or heel on. 

  • To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. 

  • To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'. 

  • To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly. 

  • To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out. 

  • To furnish with taps. 

  • To exploit. 

  • To cadge, borrow or beg. 

  • To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card). 

  • To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly. 

  • To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club. 

  • To cut an internal screw thread. 

  • To make a sharp noise. 

  • To intercept a communication without authority. 

  • To force (an opponent) to submit. 

noun
  • A device used to dispense liquids. 

  • A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. 

  • A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body. 

  • An interception of communication by authority. 

  • A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask. 

  • A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.) 

  • The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions. 

  • A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat. 

  • A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel. 

  • A place where liquor is drawn for drinking. 

  • 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. 

  • Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor. 

  • A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity. 

  • An Indian malarial fever. 

  • The act of touching a touch screen. 

  • A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it. 

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