[
US
/ˈɫæp/
]
[ UK /lˈæp/ ]
[ UK /lˈæp/ ]
VERB
- lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
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take up with the tongue
The cat lapped up the milk
the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast -
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
The curtain swooshed open -
wash or flow against
the waves laved the shore -
pass the tongue over
the dog licked her hand
NOUN
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the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
his lap was covered with food stains -
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap -
a flap that lies over another part
the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches -
movement once around a course
he drove an extra lap just for insurance -
an area of control or responsibility
the job fell right in my lap -
touching with the tongue
the dog's laps were warm and wet
How To Use lap In A Sentence
- Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
- He pulled himself up and stumbled to the bathroom, where he turned on the cold tap and collapsed at the bottom of the shower, barely awake.
- The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- Baby and Infant Products, Flap Hats, Swim Diapers, Swimwear Outwear, Sleeping Bags.
- The lady was kissing a little lap dog.
- He slapped away a few dryads, but they still surrounded him.
- Why be all miffy and hissy and in a bitch-slapping mood guys, about not being in the military when you can do the work you like in prisons and police forces? See, it's not all about the election today.
- We lapped the track a few times at a walk, trot and canter and the horse went through it pretty smoothly.
- If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
