wap

[ wop, wap ]

/ wɒp, wæp /

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Definition of wap

verb (used with or without object), noun wapped, wap·ping,

whop.

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Origin of wap

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English wap, wap(p)e, whap; probably from wappen “to strike;” of imitative origin

Words nearby wap

want list, wanton, wantonly, Wanxian, wany, wap, wapatoo, wapentake, wapiti, wappenshaw, wapperjaw

Other definitions for wap (2 of 2)

WAP

[ pronounced as initials or -wahp, wap ]

/ pronounced as initials or wɑp, wæp /

noun Digital Technology.

wireless application protocol: a protocol for transferring documents, especially web pages, over a computer network to cell phones and other handheld wireless devices.

Origin of WAP

First recorded in 1995–2000

How to use wap in a sentence

What dost thou here i' the wild-wood, thou imp, thou poppet o' plagues, thou naughty wap-de-staldees?
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn|Jeffery Farnol
We purchased Some green fish, & wap pa to for which we gave Imoderate pricie's.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark|Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Wap; a bundle of straw; as a verb, to make up straw into a bundle.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
A wife was formerly rated at the highest unit of exchange, her value being a canoe, or a wap, or a waiwi.
Evolution in Art|Alfred C. Haddon

They called me now, "Nat-o-wap-an-i-kap-i," which I thought had to do with the sun (nat-os).
Rising Wolf the White Blackfoot|James Willard Schultz

British Dictionary definitions for wap

WAP

/ (wæp) /

n acronym for

Wireless Application Protocol: a global application that enables mobile phone users to access the internet and other information services

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