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Definition of 'pap'English
Etymology 1
Origins unclear. Related to (etyl) pappe, Dutch pap, Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian , among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct.
Noun
( en-noun)
(uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
- Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.
(uncountable|colloquial) Nonsense.
(South Africa) Porridge.
- Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.
(informal|derogatory) support from official patronage
- Treasury pap
The pulp of fruit.
- (Ainsworth)
Adjective
( en-adj)
(slang|South Africa) Spineless, wet, without character.
* He is so pap and boring.
Verb
( papp)
(obsolete) To feed with pap.
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Etymology 2
(etyl) pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps form (etyl) papilla; or perhaps compare Old (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
* Bible, Luke xi. 27
- the paps which thou hast sucked
* , II.xii:
- But th'other rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft displayd, / And all, that might his melting hart entise / To her delights, she vnto him bewrayd.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
- they doe not onely weare jewels at their noses, in their lip and cheekes, and in their toes, but also big wedges of gold through their paps .
*, II.13:
- Adrianus the Emperour made his Physition to marke and take the just compasse of the mortall place about his pap , that so his aime might not faile him, to whom he had given charge to kill him.
A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
- (Macaulay)
Etymology 3
Shortened form of Pap smear from , American physician.
Etymology 4
Adjective
( en-adj)
(label) Flat.
- I got a puncture and the wheel went pap .
Etymology 5
From (paparazzo)
Verb
(usually|in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
- Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!
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