lap

Plural: laps

Noun

the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
- "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"
an area of control or responsibility
- "the job fell right in my lap"
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
- "his lap was covered with food stains"
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"
touching with the tongue
- "the dog's laps were warm and wet"
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
A place of rearing and fostering.
The upper legs of a seated person.
The female pudenda.
A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
The act or process of lapping.
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
One circuit around a race track.
The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery or in toolmaking. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.
The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
Liquor; alcoholic drink.
Clipping of laparoscopy.
Clipping of laparotomy

Verb

Verb Forms: lapped, lapping, laps

To fold over, surround, or drink liquid with the tongue.
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
pass the tongue over
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
take up with the tongue
- "The cat lapped up the milk"
wash or flow against
To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
To rest or recline in someone's lap, or as in a lap.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
to envelop, enfold
to wind around
To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
To polish (a surface, especially metal or gemstone) with very fine abrasive to achieve smoothness and small dimensional changes.
To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

Adj

Clipping of laparoscopic.

Examples

Don’t lap your soup like that! You look like a dog.
He managed to lap his opponent’s score by playing ’LAP’ on a triple word square.
lapped in luxury
One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.
The boats lap; the edges lap.
The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.
The cloth laps back.
the lap of a board
The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
to drive the fastest lap in qualifying
to lap a bandage around a finger
to lap a piece of cloth
to run twenty laps
to swim two laps
to win by three laps

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).

Synonyms

circle, circuit, lap covering, lap up, lave, lick, overlap, swish, swoosh, swosh, wash

Antonyms

unlap

Scrabble Score: 5

lap: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lap: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lap: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

lap: valid Words With Friends Word