bap

¹ American  

[bap] / bæp /

noun

British.

1. a soft, flattish bread roll.

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bap. ² American  

abbreviation

1. baptized.

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Bap. ³ American  

Or Bapt

abbreviation

1. Baptist.

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bap British  

/ bæp /

noun

1. a large soft bread roll

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Etymology

Origin of bap

First recorded in 1505–15; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

A couple of times a year, they had to bap the 5th Circuit on the nose.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2024

Ms Robinson said she laid her son on his back and scooped parts of the bap out of his mouth, then she did an internet search on how to do CPR on a child.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

“Call Me If You Get Lost” dominated the set list, but Tyler made plenty of time for highlights from his six-album discography, bounding between orchestral boom bap, sun-kissed soul trains and loungy tropicalia.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

Venice was quiet that day, no drum circles or street performers or boom bap rap music from hoisted boomboxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2021

I have a well-trained hydraulic ram who is capable of condensing enough "bap" in twenty-four hours to provide the materials for building six four-roomed cottages.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir