A procedure whereby a sterile needle and syringe are used to drain joint fluid from the joint. This is usually done as an office procedure or at the bedside in the hospital. The skin over the joint is sterilized with a liquid. Local anesthetic is applied to the area of the joint either by injection or topical liquid freezing, or both. A needle with [..]

Also known as a lumbar puncture or "LP", a spinal tap is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal canal for the purpose of diagnostic testing. It is particularly helpful in the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, especially infections, such as meningitis. It can also provide clues to the di [..]

The attachment of a leather or metal partial sole over the existing sole of a shoe.

"strike lightly," c. 1200, from Old French taper "tap, rap, strike" (12c.), from a Gallo-Roman or Germanic source ultimately imitative of the sound of rapping. Meaning "to des [..]

"stopper, faucet through which liquid can be drawn," Old English tæppa "tap, spigot," from Proto-Germanic *tappon (source also of Middle Dutch tappe, Dutch tap, Old High German zap [..]

"to supply with a tap," late Old English tæppian, from source of tap (n.1); compare German zapfen "to tap." Meaning "to draw liquor with a tap" is from mid-15c. Extended [..]

"light blow or stroke," mid-14c., from tap (v.1). Tap dancer first recorded 1927, from tap (n.) in the sense of "metal plate over the heel of a shoe" (1680s).

"device to listen in secretly on telephone calls," 1923, from tap (v.2) in the "listen secretly" sense.

/ˈtæp/ verb taps; tapped; tapping 1 tap /ˈtæp/ verb taps; tapped; tapping Learner's definition of TAP 1  : to hit (someone or something) lightly especially with a small sound [+ object] He wa [..]

A plastic card the size of a credit card with an embedded microprocessor commonly referred to as a “smart card.” Used as fare media in stored-value collection systems for multi-modal transit operation [..]

A partial sole (typically leather or metal) attached over a shoe's existing sole.

An intrusion into a network cable by a connector.

Tap serves food and alcoholic drinks to C and B blocks.

pat: the sound made by a gentle blow cut a female screw thread with a tap draw from or dip into to get something; "tap one's memory"; "tap a source o [..]

A physical connection made to a public water distribution system that provides service to an individual customer.

to hit something lightly. The same word also means a kind of handle that you turn off and on to control the flow of something from a pipe, like gas and water

To draw energy from a circuit. 2. To monitor, with or without authorization, the information that is being transmitted via a communications circuit. 3. To extract a portion of the signal from an optical fiber or communications link. Note: One method of tapping an optical fiber is to bend it to a relatively short radius, thus promoting radiation of [..]

a slang term, meaning to "pick", "select", "name", or "appoint"  

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A tap is a tool for cutting female threads. It takes the form of a bolt with flutes cut in the threads, and usually has a taper at the end that is intended to start the thread. There are only a few st [..]

a radio schedule consisting of equal distribution of commercials across all major dayparts.

Tradeshow Access Programme

a device that is attached to a keg or cask in order to control the flow of the beer.

Transferred Account Procedure –

A tool used to cut threads on the inside of a round hole.

A hand or machine held tool for cutting internal threads

Acronym for T

(n) the sound made by a gentle blow(n) a gentle blow(n) a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask(n) a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)(n) a tool f [..]

The name of a manner of articulation. A tap is made by an extremely brief contact between the active articulator and the passive articulator. In GB an alveolar tap is sometimes used as a variety of /r [..]

Transferred Account Procedures (TAP) is a collection of procedures used in GSM to send billing records of roaming subscribers from the visited mobile network (VPMN) to their respective home network op [..]

  To strike lightly with the finger or a hammer like instrument.

Trade Assistance and Planning Office

A connection brought out of the winding at some point between its extremities, usually to permit changing the voltage or current ratio.

A project developed at Stanford, TAP seeks to create a web of "machine-readable" (XML, RDF) data, not just human readable (HTML) data. A server which is queried for information about [..]

A program that requires a rigorous honors/scholars program at a community college for transfer as a junior into certain UC campuses.

A connection brought out of the winding at some point between its extremities, usually to permit changing the voltage or current ratio.

A connection brought out of the winding at some point between its extremities, usually to permit changing the voltage or current ratio.

An electric circuit with limited capacity extending from a distribution line; usually supplies a small number of customers.

(1) An electrical connection permitting signals to be transmitted onto or off a bus; (2) the link between the bus and the drop cable that connects the workstation to the bus; and (3) [..]

An electric circuit with limited capacity extending from a distribution line; usually supplies a small number of consumers.

A tool used to cut internal screw threads.

 To lightly touch a touch-sensitive screen. See click.   

This is a state form of financial aid for eligible students. Find out if you are eligible by speaking with a financial aid officer.

A comprehensive strategy to attract, develop, motivate and retain high-quality teachers by providing multiple career options for classroom teachers. The program provides ongoing training, instructiona [..]

Test of Academic Proficiency

Tapping fluid from the subarachnoid space in the lumbar region, usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.

A tap is the rapid movement of a stylus or finger on a display screen as input on a handheld device. Taps are equivalent to a mouse click on a PC display screen.

Treatment Alternative Program. An alternative to incarceration.

A small hole in a sewer where a wastewater service line from a building is connected (tapped) into a lateral or branch sewer.

n. A faucet.

Toxic air pollutant. See air toxic. See also TAC and HAP.

Terminal Area Productivity

(1) Shortening a hand in trumps by forcing it to ruff (colloquial). (2) The Teacher Accreditation Program used by the Education Department of the ACBL.

To press a button while the cursor is over a Hit Circle. Tapping Hit Circles at the right moment, as indicated by the beatmap’s music and the Approach Circle, is an essential part of osu! gameplay. There are many buttons one can use to tap: either mouse button, the z and x keys on the keyboard (see z/x), either button on a Touchpad, buttons on a Ta [..]

(slang) force to ruff; pump; force

Balrog’s (Boxer) Turn Around Punch. An attack executed by holding all three punches or kicks and releasing them. Goes through projectiles at certain ranges and does more damage based on how long it was held. Target combo:

In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.

Force a hand to ruff.

Trans-Adriatic Pipeline

The slang term applied to a faucet or other potable water outlet.

to tap beer keg.

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is a natural gas pipeline project. The pipeline will start in Greece, cross Albania and the Adriatic Sea and come ashore in southern Italy, allowing gas to flow direc [..]

Transition Aviation Project

A connection in a coil of a transformer.

A fixed electrical connection point, normally at a location other than the two ends of a line. To draw energy from a circuit.

lang=en 1800s=1843 * '''1843''' — . ''''. *: Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to the young pe [..]