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on tap

on tap prepositional phrase: available directly from the barrel by way of a tap.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (usually) Available directly from the barrel by way of a tap.
    • All three locations each offer at least 50 different draft beer choices ranging from popular beers from major brewers to exclusive microbrews not usually available on tap.2011, Todd Keith, Insiders' Guide® to Birmingham
  2. (broadly) Readily available; ready for use in whatever quantity is desired.
  3. On an agenda, planned, expected.

on tap meaning in Malayalam

on tap in Malayalam

on draught, cask-conditioned, real-ale
വലിച്ചെടുക്കാവുന്ന അവസ്ഥയിൽ, നിർമ്മാണത്തിന്റെ അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിൽ, കൂടുതൽ വാതകം ചേർക്കണ്ടാത്ത നിലയിൽ
on hand, at hand, available
അധീനതയിൽ, ലഭ്യതയിൽ, തൊട്ടടുത്ത്, വളരെ അടുത്ത്, പക്കൽ, അടുക്കൽ

Origin of on tap

From tap. Sense 2 recorded from 1483.

Questions about on tap

What does on tap mean?
On tap means available directly from the barrel by way of a tap.
What is on tap in Malayalam?
On tap in Malayalam is വലിച്ചെടുക്കാവുന്ന അവസ്ഥയിൽ, നിർമ്മാണത്തിന്റെ അവസാനഘട്ടത്തിൽ, കൂടുതൽ വാതകം ചേർക്കണ്ടാത്ത നിലയിൽ. See On tap meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on tap?
On tap is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on tap in the dictionary

  1. on sufferance
  2. on swole
  3. on sync
  4. on tag
  5. on talking terms
  6. on tap
  7. on tape
  8. on target
  9. on task
  10. on television
  11. on tender hooks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: on tap (page history and authors); on tap (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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