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Definition: On Tap |
On TapAdjective1. (of liquids) available by turning a tap; "ale on tap"; "hot and cold running water on tap". 2. Available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are numerous projects on tap". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: On TapSynonym: on tap(p) (adj). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | And then, what do you know, soon our dear old friend, the red, red vino on tap, the same in all places, like it's put out by the same big firm, began to flow (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) Fresh beer on tap. Family environment, we cater to straights (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Love On Tap (1939) Sports on Tap (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Business | The consistently high volume of imports from the United Kingdom and Ireland over the last three years is partly due to the introduction of English and Irish ales on tap and the popularity of themed Irish pub chains such as Bridie O’Reillys and O’Malley’s. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "on tap": be on tap. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "on tap"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ساق منقر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | наливно, постоянно на разположение (stock). (various references) | |
Czech | sudový, èepovaný. (various references) | |
French | en fût. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוכן ומזומן (on for anything), זמין (available, cashable, going, ready, ready to order). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csapra verve, csapra vert, csapolva, csapolt ital (draught, tap). (various references) | |
Italian | a disposizione. (various references) | |
Manx | er tayrn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onay aptay.(various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | točeno (tap: on tap). (various references) | |
Spanish | estar a mano (be about, be on tap). (various references) | |
Turkish | hazır (agreeable, at hand, available, content, cut and dried, disposed, finished, forthcoming, forward, game, go, handy, in the mood for, in train, officinal, on, on hand, on one's mettle, operational, prepared, present, prompt, quick, reach-me-down, ready, ready made, readymade, ripe, snappy, stand by, up for, willing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чарками. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: panto. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: atop, nota, pant. | |
-2 letters: ant, apt, nap, not, oat, opt, pan, pat, pot, tan, tao, tap, ton, top. | |
-3 letters: an, at, na, no, on, op, pa, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: dopant, pantos, parton, patron, potman, tampon, tarpon, teopan. | |
+2 letters: antipot, appoint, atropin, caption, dopants, haplont, maintop, naphtol, nonpast, notepad, operant, opuntia, outplan, outspan, paction, pantoum, partons, patrons, patroon, phaeton, phantom, phonate, pintado, pintano, platoon, polenta, postman, pronate, pronota, protean, ptomain, tampion, tampons, tarpons, teopans, timpano, tympano, utopian. | |
+3 letters: adaption, adopting, adoption, antelope, antiphon, antipode, antipole, antipope, antiporn, anviltop, appoints, atropine, atropins, caponata, capstone, captions, cenotaph, coapting, conepate, conepatl, coparent, copatron, gantlope, haplonts, heptagon, maintops, naphthol, naphtols, nonparty, nonpasts, notepads, occupant, opencast, operants, opiating, oppilant, optician, optional, opuntias, outpaint, outplans, outspans, pactions, panoptic, pantheon, pantofle, pantoums, patentor, pathogen, patronal, patronly, patroons, pentagon, pentanol, pentosan, phaetons, phantoms, phonated, phonates, pintados, pintanos, pivotman, plankton, plastron, platonic, platoons, poignant, pointman, polentas, ponytail, portance, postanal, potation, pronated, pronates, pronator, protamin, proteans, ptomaine, ptomains, pupation, saponite, satinpod, snapshot, stanhope, stopbank, talapoin, tampions, tamponed, teaspoon, topazine, tragopan, trapunto, utopians. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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