'On tap' definitions:
Definition of 'on tap'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of liquids) available by turning a tap; "ale on tap"; "hot and cold running water on tap"
adjective
Available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are numerous projects on tap"
Definition of 'On tap'
From: GCIDE
- Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[ae]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG. zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. Tampion, Tip.]
- 1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges. [1913 Webster]
- On tap. (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap. (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap.
- Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end.
- Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt.
- Tap cinder (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace. [1913 Webster]