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give dap en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To greet (someone) with a dap (a kind of handshake); to dap up.
    • Rather than extending a firm handshake and a cordial word or two while passing out the rings, Silver stood there and gave dap — that is, a more intricate, intimate handshake — to pretty much every player. 2016 January 31, Andrew Keh, “Adam Silver and the Art of Giving Dap”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2024:

Forms

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gives dap Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
giving dap Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gave dap Tense=Past lexicographic
given dap Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic