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lap

Pronunciation: /lɑp/

“lap” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a rag, a piece of cloth
  2. a patch, a piece of cloth
  3. a slice of meat
  4. a plot, a tract (of ground)
  5. a slap, a punch
  6. a bloke, dude, bum; especially a drunk or objectionable one

interjection

  1. exclamation of dismay, disappointment

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lap, lappe, from Old Dutch lap, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with German Lappen.

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