Tap
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To furnish with taps. To draw off liquid from a vessel To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection. To intercept a communication without authority. To cut an internal screw thread. To have sexual intercourse with. To strike lightly. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly. To make a sharp noise. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot. A device used to dispense liquids. A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls. A repeated touching of one's hands, foot or other body part.
Example sentence: My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
Tip
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The extreme top of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.The knocking over of a skittle.An act of tipping up or tilting.An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.A very untidy place.A light blow or tap.An example of this; now generally a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.To knock over; to make fall down, to overturn.To fall over.To be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; to become unbalanced.To drink.To dump (refuse).To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.To give, pass.To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
Example sentence: I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.