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

Words Nearby wap

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

  • What dost thou here i' the wild-wood, thou imp, thou poppet o' plagues, thou naughty wap-de-staldees?

    The Geste of Duke Jocelyn | Jeffery Farnol
  • We purchased Some green fish, & wap pa to for which we gave Imoderate pricie's.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark | Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
  • wap; a bundle of straw; as a verb, to make up straw into a bundle.

  • A wife was formerly rated at the highest unit of exchange, her value being a canoe, or a wap, or a waiwi.

    Evolution in Art | Alfred C. Haddon
  • They called me now, "Nat-o-wap-an-i-kap-i," which I thought had to do with the sun (nat-os).

    Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot | James Willard Schultz

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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