frap
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of frap
1300–50; Middle English frappen < Old French fraper to strike, beat, probably < Germanic (compare Old Norse hrapa to hurl, hurry)
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Bake, cool, wrap in plastic frap, and freeze in a freezer bag, and make the cream cheese frosting the day before or day of.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2021
Since the announcement of the specialty beverage’s launch, baristas, and some sympathetic customers, have been tweeting out against anyone ordering the Tie-Dye frap.
From Fox News ● Jul. 10, 2019
The facility has installed a UV sanitizer unit in the lobby, cleverly placed near the coffee bar so that staff and visitors can use it while they wait for a mocha frap or double espresso.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2019
"Then, I hear again, 'Banana nut bread for Chang.' I'm like, OK, probably the same order. Then, followed by that was the chocolate frap," Festejo continued.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2018
“Um, a caramel frap, a fat-free soy latte, and...”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Pouted one newspaper: "They've even frapped our innocent flippers."
From Time Magazine Archive
This route has got the N. M. & Q. frapped to suds.
From Lost Farm Camp by Harry Herbert Knibbs
In securing the booms at sea the several turns of the lashings are frapped in preparation for the succeeding turns; in emergency, nailed.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Then, taking the jib, we "frapped" it round the opening where the bows had been, lashing it securely in that position.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen
All superfluous gear aloft was sent below; shrouds were frapped to resist shell-fire, and the fore-top-mast was housed.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Consists of a grommet made of rope double the size of the gun-tackle falls, with two cringles worked into it for the frapping lashing, which will be of stuff half the size of the tackle-falls.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
Accordingly they jostled one another and each took to frapping his fellow, making the while loud outcries.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
A couple of frapping turns are then taken between the spars and the lashing is finished off with a clove hitch above the turns on one of the spars.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
The frapping increases tension, and consequently adds to the security acquired by the purchase; hence the cat-harpings were no other than frappings to the shrouds.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Presently the Charley came up and, finding a Nazarene kneeling on a Moslem and frapping him, asked, "What harm hath this one done?"; and the Broker answered, "The fellow meant to snatch off my turband."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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