wap
verb (used with or without object)
whop.
wap
1 American
[wop, wap]
/ wɒp, wæp /
verb (used with or without object)
wapped,
wapping
WAP
2
American
[-wahp, wap]
/ wɑp, wæp /
noun
Digital Technology.
WAP
British
/ wæp /
acronym
Etymology
Origin of wap1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English wap, wap(p)e, whap; probably from wappen “to strike;” of imitative origin
Origin of WAP2
First recorded in 1995–2000
Example Sentences
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"Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side, And let na the sea come in."
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin
He's done him to her father's stable, Where steeds stood baith wicht and able; Then he strake ane upon the back,35 The swiftest gae his head a wap.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
South-East div division pa parish wap wapentake S.W.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
And it might be an adjective here; but that is not likely, seeing it is conjoined with the verb wap.
From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by George MacDonald
"Sir," he said, "I saw nothing but the waters wap and the waves wan."
From Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson by William Wordsworth
Megan Thee Stallion is best-known for hits including Savage, WAP and Body.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
These words seem more suited to Ben "WAP sounds a like medical condition" Shapiro or any TikTok tradwife than a star who built her brand as an avatar of intellectually frothy, artisanal white millennial feminism.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022
The WAP is West Africa's last major refuge for elephants and lions, but much of it has been overrun by militants in recent years.
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2022
"Wassup with people saying they don’t shower? It’s giving itchy," the "WAP" rapper, 28, tweeted after several stars admitted that daily showers just aren’t necessary in their household.
From Fox News ● Aug. 11, 2021
To WAP, v. a. to throw rapidly; to throw.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Alexander Leighton
“The dweam of wuv wapped wiffin the gweater dweam of everwasting west. Eternity is our fwiend, wemember that, and wuv wiw fowwow you fowever.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
They fetchd a web o the silken claith,Another o the twine,And they wapped them roun that gude ship’s sideBut still the sea came in.
From A Collection of Ballads by Andrew Lang
They fetched a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And they wapped them round that gude ship's side, But still the sea cam in.
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
They fetched a web o' the silken claith, Anither o' the twine, And they wapped them round that gude ship's side, But still the sea cam' in.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
They fetched a web o' the silken claith, Anither o' the twine, And they wapped them roun' that gude ship's side, But still the sea cam' in.
From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty
The helicopters were hovering overhead, their rotor blades wapping.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2018
Forgotten him!" replied his kinsman, "what suld ail me to forget him?—a wapping weaver he was, and wrought my first pair o' hose.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Henry Cabot Lodge
At one great pull I brought up two wapping big fellows at a time, and trolled them on while Mr. Burke scooped them up.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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