How to pronounce tap

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What tap means

verb

Most people know tap in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To make a hole in a tree to draw off its sap

In a sentence: Every March, Grandpa goes out to tap the maple trees and collect the sap.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old word for a plug in a barrel. Pulling the plug lets the liquid flow out.

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