dap
[dap]
- to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
- to dip lightly or suddenly into water: The bird dapped for the fish.
- to bounce or skip, as on the surface of a body of water: The stone dapped along the surface of the pond.
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- to cause to dip in and out of water: to dap one's bait.
- to cause to skip along the surface of water: to dap stones across the river.
- Carpentry. to notch (a timber) to receive part of another timber.
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- Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
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Origin of dap
First recorded in 1575–85; probably variant of dab1
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Contemporary Examples
The owners of DAP Racing, Perry Martin and Steve Coburn, were not typical horse people.
DAP bred their horses at Harris Farm, in Coalinga, Calif., another peculiar decision.
Coburn, the more outgoing of the two, is the face of DAP but by trade is a machinist from Nevada.
The show wrapped up with two songs from local favorites Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
Historical Examples
Dap s. the hop, or turn of a ball; also habits and peculiarities of a person, ex.
A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in SomersetshireWadham Pigott Williams
dap1
- angling to fish with a natural or artificial fly on a floss silk line so that the wind makes the fly bob on and off the surface of the water
- (intr) (as of a bird) to dip lightly into water
- to bounce or cause to bounce
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Word Origin
C17: of imitative origin
dap2
- Southwest English dialect another word for plimsoll
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Word Origin
C20: probably special use of dap 1 (in the sense: to bounce, skip)
DAP
- distributed array processor
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Word Origin and History for dap
n.
fist-bump greeting, with various theories as to origin and name meaning. In U.S. popular black culture by 1972 and controversial during the Vietnam War when used by U.S. soldiers, as it often was regarded by whites as a ritual act of black solidarity. Probably imitative (dap was used in 19c. for the bounce of a ball or the skip of a stone on water). Dap, meanwhile, is listed in the DAS as black slang c.1950 for "aware, up to date," also "stylish, well-dressed," in the latter case at least a shortening of dapper.
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