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Like some water

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Like some water' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Like some water crossword clue was last seen on August 17 2022 in the popular New York Times Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%TAPLike some waterNew York Times
20%AIRSEALike some water rescuesUniversal
20%SEEDEDLike some watermelonsUSA Today
20%SEEDEDLike some watermelons or bracketsNew York Times
20%CONICLike some water cooler cupsLA Times

Definition

• To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.
• To put a new sole or heel on; as, to tap shoes.
• 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 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.
• To strike a gentle blow.
• A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.
• A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet.
• Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap.
• A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.
• To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc.
• Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury.
• To draw, or cause to flow, by piercing.
• To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut.

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