lap up
Britishverb
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to eat or drink
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to relish or delight in
he laps up old horror films
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to believe or accept eagerly and uncritically
he laps up tall stories
Example Sentences
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Here, marmots crawl inside vehicles to chew hoses and lap up fluid, sometimes disabling cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Then there’s the real world—the one where readers and viewers lap up celebrity updates, clickbait headlines, and bleed-and-lead news segments.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Or just to the days when the problems that have long racked L.A. didn’t lap up to the denizens of Prattland — until they did?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
They have no teeth and instead of biting and chewing, they use their long tongues to lap up thousands of ants or termites a day in the wild.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
His face disappeared into it, barely fitting, and he started to lap up the water.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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