pap
1soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value.
Origin of pap
1Other words for pap
Other words from pap
- paplike, adjective
Other definitions for pap (2 of 2)
a teat; nipple.
something resembling a teat or nipple.
Origin of pap
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They may be called the "stalkerazzi," but the reality is that the paps rarely have to play sniper anymore.
Stars' openness also means they're less likely to be assaulted by the paps.
The culture of tabs and paps was as nothing compared to the engulfing negative zone it has become.
And thou hast renewed the wickedness of thy youth, when thy breasts were pressed in Egypt, and the paps of thy virginity broken.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Submammary, sub-mam′a-ri, adj. situated under the mamm or paps.
After a time it was found that one of the paps had a black crust upon it, which might have covered originally a chap of the skin.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonSomeone threw out the suggestion that the cow suffered from scarlet fever, the sign of it being soreness of the paps.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonWe have examined the chart, and find these hills to be the "Paps of Bio-bio," and Talcahuana lies several miles beyond them.
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British Dictionary definitions for pap (1 of 3)
/ (pæp) /
any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash
Southern African porridge made from maize
worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel: intellectual pap
Origin of pap
1British Dictionary definitions for pap (2 of 3)
/ (pæp) /
Scot and Northern English dialect a nipple or teat
something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops
(capital as part of a name): the Pap of Glencoe
Origin of pap
2British Dictionary definitions for pap (3 of 3)
/ (pæp) informal /
(of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)
Origin of pap
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