Antonyms for lap up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lap

Phonetic Transcription : læp

Definition of lap up

Origin : Old English læppa (plural læppan) "skirt or flap of a garment," from Proto-Germanic *lapp- (cf. Old Frisian lappa, Old Saxon lappo, Middle Dutch lappe, Dutch lap, Old High German lappa, German Lappen "rag, shred," Old Norse leppr "patch, rag"), from PIE root *leb- "be loose, hang down."
Sense of "lower part of a shirt" led to that of "upper legs of seated person" (c.1300). Used figuratively ("bosom, breast") from late 14c.; e.g. lap of luxury, first recorded 1802. From 15c.-In 17c. the word (often in plural) was a euphemism for "female pudendum," but this is not the source of lap dance, which is first recorded 1993.
To lap dance, you undress, sit your client down, order him to stay still and fully clothed, then hover over him, making a motion that you have perfected by watching Mister Softee ice cream dispensers. [Anthony Lane, review of "Showgirls," "New Yorker," Oct. 16, 1995]
That this is pleasure and not torment for the client is something survivors of the late 20c. will have to explain to their youngers.

As in approve : verb allow, authorize
As in revel : verb take pleasure; celebrate
As in accept : verb receive by agreeing, consenting
As in believe : verb trust, rely on
As in roister : verb revel
As in condone : verb make allowance for
As in confirm : verb ratify, validate, prove
As in hold : verb believe

Example sentences :

And by that time the water was beginning to lap up through the hatchway.
Extract from : « A Set of Rogues » by Frank Barrett

With its rough tongue the cat can lap up milk, and also clean its fur.
Extract from : « Chambers's Elementary Science Readers » by Various

And the waves of men no longer broke from the woods to lap up and recede sullenly down the slope.
Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton

Wants to lap up keemy and nibbst fish at the Prince George for your din-din?
Extract from : « Edgar Saltus: The Man » by Marie Saltus

And now lap up thy sewing, child, for I see thy father coming in, and we will go down to hall.
Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt

At that they all hastened to discover some39 spots where it was possible to lap up a sufficient supply of the clear fluid.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on a Long Hike » by Archibald Lee Fletcher

Here she had two pails of milk, and with one hand in each let the calves find her fingers and so lap up the milk.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various

They give out a honey-like liquid, of which the ants are very fond, and lap up with great eagerness.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, March 8, 1881 » by Various

After three weeks they can be fed less frequently with a spoon, and can readily be taught to lap up the milk.
Extract from : « The Boston Terrier and All About It » by Edward Axtell

Why, they'd lap up dope till you couldn't tell 'em from a New York drug store.
Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for lap up

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