Definition of PAP

pap

Plural: paps

Noun

  • Soft, semi-liquid food, especially for infants or invalids.
  • worthless or oversimplified ideas
  • a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
  • the small projection of a mammary gland
  • Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
  • Pablum or nonsense.
  • Porridge.
  • A fermented cereal pudding made from corn, sorghum, or millet
  • Support from official patronage.
  • The pulp of fruit.
  • A female breast or nipple.
  • A man's breast.
  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
  • Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).
  • Clipping of paparazzo.
  • Pa; father.

Verb

  • To feed with pap.
  • To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
  • Alternative letter-case form of PAP (“post a picture”).

Adj

  • Weak, feeble; lacking substance.
  • Spineless, wet, without character.
  • Flat.

Examples

  • He is so pap and boring.
  • I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.
  • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!
  • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.
  • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.
  • The opponent’s easy play felt like feeding him PAP, requiring no real effort.
  • Treasury pap

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, папам (papam, “to eat”) and Serbo-Croatian папати/papati (“to eat”), among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct. The Germanic word is either a borrowing from Latin or, perhaps more probably, an independent formation in baby-talk.

Synonyms

mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pablum, soft diet, spoon food, teat, tit, Father, Pappy, ayr, ba, baba, da, dad, dada, daddio, daddy, father, fatherling, old man, pa, pap, papa, papaw, pappaw, pappy, pater, patriarch, paw, pawpaw, peepaw, pepaw, pop, poppa, poppy, pops, sire

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

pap: valid Words With Friends Word