wap
verb (used with or without object)
whop.
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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
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"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
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
Bobby maintained that if he read law at all, it was at night, for he wap too busy with other occupations during the day.
From Jane Cable by McCutcheon, George Barr
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)
Sir, he said, I saw nothing but the waters wap and waves wan.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
Cardi B is best known for hits such as I Like It, Up, Bodak Yellow and WAP - a duet with Megan Thee Stallion.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
These three parks, along with Benin's W and Pendjari, form the 10,000-square-kilometre "WAP Complex".
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2022
The funding, approved as part of the infrastructure bill that Congress passed last year, will flow to states, tribes, and territories through the federal Weatherization Assistance Program, or WAP.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2022
"Wassup with people saying they don’t shower? It’s giving itchy," the "WAP" rapper, 28, tweeted.
From Fox News ● Aug. 14, 2021
To WAP, v. a. to throw rapidly; to throw.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
“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 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 Morley, Henry
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 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 Lang, Andrew
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 Marty, A.E.
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 Lodge, Henry Cabot
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 Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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