Knock lightly Crossword Clue
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| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | TAP | Knock lightly | Newsday |
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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- Newsday: Jul 31, 2024
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