TAPS Synonyms

• a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas

• irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents

• direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• a gradual depletion of energy or resources

• flow off gradually

• deplete of resources

• empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

• make weak

• a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

• a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

• a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks

• an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

• the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

• a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

• atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

• street names for ketamine

• an artificially produced flow of water

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

• fly a jet plane

• a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

• informal terms for the nose

• a place of business for retailing goods

• receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

• an opening that permits escape or release

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather

• a plug for a bunghole in a cask

• a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

• an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

• gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

• talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

• a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

• a quantity of small objects flying through the air

• flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

• a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

• water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

• a jet of vapor

• be discharged in sprays of liquid

• scatter in a mass or jet of droplets

• cover by spraying with a liquid

• mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

• faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

• a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

• device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

• control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

• the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

• one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

• a gentle blow

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• voluble conversation

• genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

• the act of hitting vigorously

• strike sharply

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• perform rap music

• talk volubly

• a plug for a bunghole in a cask

• a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir

• a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

• an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

• a gentle blow

• a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

• (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders

• a conspicuous success

• deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

• indicate (a certain time) by striking

• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

• stop work in order to press demands

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• attain

• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

• cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp

• find unexpectedly

• produce by ignition or a blow

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• cause to experience suddenly

• drive something violently into a location

• occupy or take on

• disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

• form by stamping, punching, or printing

• smooth with a strickle

• pierce with force

• hook by a pull on the line

• arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

• listen without the speaker's knowledge