stuff vs tap

stuff

verb
  • To sexually penetrate. 

  • To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre. 

  • To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later. 

  • To fill with seasoning. 

  • To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner. 

  • To break; to destroy. 

  • To load goods into (a container) for transport. 

  • To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess. 

  • To sate. 

  • To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. 

  • To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin. 

  • To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. 

  • To heavily defeat or get the better of. 

  • Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it. 

  • To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner. 

noun
  • Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language. 

  • Narcotic drugs, especially heroin. 

  • The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. 

  • Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff. 

  • Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name. 

  • Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. 

  • Unspecified things or matters. 

  • A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. 

  • Abstract/figurative substance or character. 

tap

verb
  • To have sexual intercourse with. 

  • 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 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 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. 

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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