Dap vs. Lap
Difference Between Dap and Lap
Dapnoun
(originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
Lapnoun
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Dapnoun
A fistbump.
Lapnoun
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
Dapverb
To greet with a dap.
Lapnoun
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
Lapnoun
(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
Lapnoun
The upper legs of a seated person.
The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.Lapnoun
The female pudenda.
Lapnoun
(construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
Lapnoun
The act or process of lapping.
Lapnoun
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
the lap of a boardLapnoun
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.Lapnoun
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).
Lapnoun
(sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool
to run twenty lapsto win by three lapsswim two lapsLapnoun
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.
Lapnoun
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
Lapnoun
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.
Lapverb
(transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Lapverb
(transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
Lapverb
(transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
to lap a piece of clothLapverb
(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
to lap a bandage around a fingerLapverb
(transitive) to envelop, enfold
lapped in luxuryLapverb
(intransitive) to wind around
Lapverb
(transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.Lapverb
(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
Lapverb
(intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
The cloth laps back.The boats lap; the edges lap.Lapverb
(transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
Lapverb
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
Lapverb
(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.Lapverb
To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
Lapnoun
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person;
he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lapLapnoun
an area of control or responsibility;
the job fell right in my lapLapnoun
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;
his lap was covered with food stainsLapnoun
a flap that lies over another part;
the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inchesLapnoun
movement once around a course;
he drove an extra lap just for insuranceLapnoun
touching with the tongue;
the dog's laps were warm and wetLapverb
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
Lapverb
pass the tongue over;
the dog licked her handLapverb
move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound;
The bubbles swoshed around in the glassThe curtain swooshed openLapverb
take up with the tongue;
The cat lapped up the milkthe cub licked the milk from its mother's breastLapverb
wash or flow against;
the waves laved the shore
