lapping

[ US /ˈɫæpɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /lˈæpɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
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How To Use lapping In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • With check-in times now prolonged because of security issues, traders are lapping up even more business as they tempt us with their trinkets and gewgaws.
  • In the darkened room behind this diorama, a wall-sized video projection showed a seascape of lapping waves.
  • The paddles turned out to be harmless slapsticks, with holes through the actual paddle part so they could cause a loud slapping noise without hurting.
  • Aaewin asked without thinking, clapping her hands over her mouth after the words escaped.
  • Flying foxes have a long bristly tongue that's great for lapping up juicy fruit, and for licking and grooming themselves and their friends!
  • It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back.
  • The cliffs closed in as the river swept round a bend, its waves slapping against vertical rocks.
  • Separate from the slapping lesbians, a battle began to rage between the lesbians who were pagans versus the lesbians who were Christians, and then the lesbians who wanted to have “baster babies” factioned off, too. Roseanne Archy
  • A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store, and he does a double take.
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