To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
To annoy.
A problem that needs fixing.
A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
HIV.
A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
A young apprentice jockey.
A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.
A trilobite.
A semi-automated telegraph key.
An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
Synonym of union bug.
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
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 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 strike lightly.
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.
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.