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bap en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Originally Scottish English, of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.
    • burger bap
  2. (Ireland, UK, in-plural, slang) A woman's breast.
  3. (Ireland, slang) The head.
    • 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. 2014, Kelly Creighton, The Bones of It:
    • He lost the bap.
  4. (humorous) A friend or buddy.

Forms

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baps Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

chip bap

Source: en.wiktionary, “bap” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

bap en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. (informal) The sound of a light blow or slap.
    • 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. 2014, Rose McMills, Mountain Girl:
    • 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. 2006, Ashaki Boelter., The Nok, page 55:

Deriveds

boom bap

Source: en.wiktionary, “bap” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

bap en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To hit lightly.
    • She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […] 2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, →ISBN, page 385:
    • “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. 2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

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baps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bapping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bapped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bapped Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

bappable

Source: en.wiktionary, “bap” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

bap en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 밥 (bap).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Cooked rice as part of Korean cuisine.

Relateds

ogok-bap