Dap vs. Lap: What's the Difference?

To fish by letting a baited hook fall gently onto the water.

The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.

To dip lightly or quickly into water, as a bird does.

The portion of a garment that covers the lap.

To skip or bounce, especially over the surface of water.

A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

To greet by means of a dap.

An area of responsibility, interest, or control

An elaborate gesture of greeting developed by African American soldiers during the Vietnam War, usually consisting of a handshake and other maneuvers such as hand slaps and a fist bump.

A part that overlaps.

A fist bump.

The amount by which one part overlaps another.

A plimsoll.

One complete round or circuit, especially of a racetrack.

(originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.

One complete length of a straight course, as of a swimming pool.

A fist bump.

A segment or stage, as of a trip.

(Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.

A length, as of rope, required to make one complete turn around something.

(metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.

The act of lapping or encircling.

(angling) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

A continuous band or layer of cotton, flax, or other fiber.

To greet with a dap.

A wheel, disk, or slab of leather or metal, either stationary or rotating, used for polishing and smoothing.

To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.

The act or an instance of lapping.

The amount taken in by lapping.

The sound of lapping.

A watery food or drink.

To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another

To lie partly over or on

To fold (something) over onto itself

To wrap or wind around (something); encircle.

To envelop in something; swathe

To join (pieces, as of wood) by means of a scarf or lap joint.

(Sports) To get ahead of (an opponent) in a race by one or more complete circuits of the course, as in running, or by two or more lengths of a pool in swimming.

To convert (cotton or other fibers) into a sheet or layer.

To polish (a surface) until smooth.

To hone (two mating parts) against each other until closely fitted.

To lie partly on or over something; overlap.

To form a lap or fold.

To wind around or enfold something.

To take in (a liquid or food) by lifting it with the tongue.

To wash or slap against with soft liquid sounds

To take in a liquid or food with the tongue.

To wash against something with soft liquid sounds.

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.

(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering

The upper legs of a seated person.

The female pudenda.

(construction) 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).

(sports) One circuit around a race track.

(swimming) 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, etc. 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.

(transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

(transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

(transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

(transitive) to envelop, enfold

(intransitive) to wind around

(transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

(intransitive) 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.

(ambitransitive) 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.

Clipping of laparoscopic

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; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

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 Outside lap (below).

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.

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, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

The sound of lapping.

To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

To wrap or wind around something.

To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.

To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.

To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

The upper side of the thighs of a seated person;

An area of control or responsibility;

The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;

A flap that lies over another part;

Movement once around a course;

Touching 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;

Wash or flow against;