bap
Translingual
editSymbol
editbap
See also
editEnglish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bæp/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
editOriginally Scottish English, of unknown origin.
Noun
editbap (plural baps)
- A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.
- burger bap
- (British, Ireland, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breast
- (Ireland, Belfast, slang) The head.
- He lost the bap. ― He became angry.
- 2014, Kelly Creighton, The Bones of It:
- Mrs Dudley came bouncing back, hand swinging, big stain on her right bap like she'd been shot or Da had got at her in an alleyway.
Etymology 2
editInterjection
editbap
- (informal) The sound of a light blow or slap.
- 2006, Ashaki Boelter., The Nok, page 55:
- Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not.
BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian.
- 2014, Rose McMills, Mountain Girl:
- Elizabeth continued into the living room and saw Velvet napping on the cool linoleum under the dining room table. She stopped to stroke her silky side and the puppy's tail went bap, bap, bap against the floor in greeting.
Derived terms
editVerb
editbap (third-person singular simple present baps, present participle bapping, simple past and past participle bapped)
- (informal, transitive) To hit lightly.
- 2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin, →ISBN:
- “Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers.
- 2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, →ISBN, page 385:
- She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]
Etymology 3
editNoun
editbap (uncountable)
Related terms
editAnagrams
editGhomala'
editNoun
editbap class 1 (singular of mbap class 4)
References
edit- Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
Portuguese
editEtymology
editProbably borrowed from English bap.
Pronunciation
edit
Interjection
editbap
- (onomatopoeia) pow (A violent impact, like a punch)
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin *babbus. Compare Sardinian babbu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbap m (plural baps)
Turkmen
editEtymology
editNoun
editbap (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Volapük
editNoun
editbap
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