wap

[ wop, wap ]

verb (used with or without object), nounwapped, wap·ping,

Origin of wap

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English wap, wap(p)e, whap; probably from wappen “to strike;” of imitative origin

Other definitions for WAP (2 of 2)

WAP
[ pronounced as initials or -wahp, wap ]

nounDigital Technology.
  1. wireless application protocol: a protocol for transferring documents, especially web pages, over a computer network to cell phones and other handheld wireless devices.

Origin of WAP

2
First recorded in 1995–2000

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How to use wap in a sentence

  • I'll dweam, p'waps, that we is having funerals in the garden and we is awfu' happy, and you is shotted down dead.

  • But just then I heerd a buzzin' sound, an' I reckoned there mun be a waps somewheer about.

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British Dictionary definitions for WAP

WAP

/ (wæp) /


n acronym for
  1. Wireless Application Protocol: a global application that enables mobile phone users to access the internet and other information services

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