- A tap in the US - Kitchen fixture - Tap - Tap loudly! Force it! - A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil,
etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be
desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout,
stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide. - The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the
spigot end of the next section.