wap

[ wop, wap ]

/ wɒp, wæp /

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

Nearby words

wanting, wanton, wantonly, wanxian, wany, wap, wapatoo, wapentake, wapiti, wappenshaw, wapperjaw

Definition for wap (2 of 2)

WAP

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

Origin of WAP

1995–2000

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Examples from the Web for wap

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
There's an unco gude auld thing they ca', Wap at the widow, my laddie.
The Shepherd's Calendar|James Hogg
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
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

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for wap

wap

"a hit, a blow," late 14c., probably of imitative origin. The verb (late 14c.) originally meant "to throw quickly or with violence," and in slang c.1560-1730 it meant "to copulate" (usually used in reference to women).