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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

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