Typically a dynamic motion used to generate momentum The term is most often used on swinging events to describe the kick used to generate the required speed and rotation for a skill
If drinks are on tap, they come from a tap rather than from a bottle. Filtered water is always on tap, making it very convenient to use
cut a female screw thread with a tap pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"
If you tap something, you hit it with a quick light blow or a series of quick light blows. He tapped the table to still the shouts of protest Grace tapped on the bedroom door and went in Tap is also a noun. A tap on the door interrupted him and Sally Pierce came in
1 A connector that attaches to a cable without blocking the passage of information along that cable 2 In communications, a connection onto the main transmission medium of the network
A signal splitting device which permits a small amount of power to be siphoned from a communication line for use at a local drop point