Synonyms for lapping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lap

Phonetic Transcription : læp

Top 10 synonyms for lapping

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Définition of lapping

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.

verb slosh, wash against
verb overlap

Example sentences :

Then, too, he used to wash Jack, lapping him all over as a mother cat does her kitten.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

The ship was silent save for the lapping of the water against her sides.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

The sound of its lapping against the steep rocks soothed her.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

The yellow flood was now lapping on the ledge all about them.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

It would soon be lapping at his throat, and then––he must begin to swim.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

(said he, and lapping his Handkerchief to his Eyes) How can I deserve this of you?
Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn

Except for the lapping of the waves the night was very still.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

Sweeping Jill into his arms, he stepped into the lapping flow of fire.
Extract from : « A World is Born » by Leigh Douglass Brackett

There was no sound but the lapping of water, or rush of wind through the leaves.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

Delisse joined and Marie's soft voice was like a lapping wave.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Antonyms for lapping

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