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  • bap
    bap
    noun
    a soft, flattish bread roll.
  • bap.
    bap.
    abbreviation
    baptized.
  • Bap.
    Bap.
    abbreviation
    Baptist.

bap

1 American  
[bap] / bæp /

noun

British.
  1. a soft, flattish bread roll.


bap. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. baptized.


Bap. 3 American  
Or Bapt

abbreviation

  1. Baptist.


bap British  
/ bæp /

noun

  1. a large soft bread roll

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bap

First recorded in 1505–15; of obscure origin

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

From Slate Oct. 12, 2024

Ms Robinson said Dwelaniyah was sitting on the living room floor eating a cheese bap when he "collapsed" shortly before 16:00 on 5 November.

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

Josiah, sonne of John Shakespeare of ye hill, bap.

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

“One of the most important or central foundations of Hansik is cooked rice, bap. Due to many historical and geographic reasons, rice was and still remains the centerpiece at any Hansik meal.”

From Salon Jan. 26, 2024

Aram, son of Peter Aram, bap. ye 2nd of October, 1704.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

The crowd cheered, while Bap. in disappointment picked him up and started away, losing his quarter and carrying home his dishonored fowl.

From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by Herndon, William H.

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