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• wap
  wap

  verb (used with or without object)

  whop.
• WAP
  WAP

  noun

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

wap

¹ American  

[wop, wap] / wɒp, wæp /

verb (used with or without object)

wapped, wapping

1. whop.

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WAP ² American  

[-wahp, wap] / wɑp, wæp /

noun

Digital Technology.

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

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WAP British  

/ wæp /

acronym

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

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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

"Go fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side, And let nae the sea come in."

From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton

"Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side,75 And letna the sea come in."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

“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 A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew

Seriously you will find it a good bosom friend in an easterly wind, a black frost, or when your country avocations lead you to face a dry wap of snow.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

"Gae, fetch a web of the silken claith,   Anither o' the twine, And wap them into the gude ship's side,   And let na the sea come in."

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee