The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - tapэn.

1) cock, stopcock, pet-cock, sillcock, seacock, spigot, spout, valve, US faucet: Replace the washer in the tap to stop the leak. 2) bung, stopper, cork, spile, plug, stopple, peg: Move the tap from the empty barrel to the new one. 3) wire-tap, bug, listening device, electronic eavesdropper: I think there's a tap on my phone. 4) on tap. a on draught, out of the barrel or keg: They have real ale on tap. b ready, available, on or at hand, waiting, in reserve, on call: He promised to be on tap if I needed him for anything. --v. 5) drain, draw (off) , siphon off or out, extract, withdraw: We tapped the wine directly from the casks. 6) open, drain, unplug, sap, bleed, milk, broach, mine, use, utilize, make use of, put to use, draw on or upon, turn to account: Whenever she needed money, she tapped her savings. 7) bug, eavesdrop on, wire-tap: M.I.5 still taps her phone.