Lap

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Hungarian 2.1 Noun

English

Etymology 1

Old English læppa (skirt or flap of a garment), from Proto Germanic *lapp-, confer Middle Dutch lappe, Old High German lappa, German Lappen, Old Norse leppr.

Noun

Singular lap

Plural laps

1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
4. The upper legs of a seated person.
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, ((euphemistic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) The female pudenda.

Derived terms

• lapdance, lap-dance, lap dance
• lapdog
• laptop, lap-top, lap top

Translations

German: Schoß m. (4,5) Hungarian: öl (4)

Spanish: regazo m.

Etymology 2

Verb appeared in the 13th century and was formed on the noun of Etymology 1. The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Noun

Singular lap

Plural laps

1. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
2. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).
3. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
4. ((sports{{#if:|, {{{2}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})){{#if:|[[Category: {{{2}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{3}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{4}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{5}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{6}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{7}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{8}}}]]}}{{#if:|[[Category: {{{9}}}]]}} One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.
5. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; — so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
6. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
7. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

Translations

German: Überstand m. (1), Überhang m. (1), Runde f. (4)

Verb

Infinitive to lap

Third person singular laps

Simple past lapped

Past participle lapped

Present participle lapping

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another.

1. One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.

2. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

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To lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

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To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them.

Translations

German: überlappen (3)

Etymology 3

From Old English lapian, from Proto Germanic *lapajanan, confer Old High German laffen (to lick), Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (spoon).

Verb

Infinitive to lap

Third person singular laps

Simple past lapped

Past participle lapped

Present participle lapping

1. ((transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

To slurp up a liquid (like water) as a dog.

Translations

German: schlecken

Anagrams

• pal

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Hungarian

Noun

lap (plural lapok))

1. sheet
2. page

   ezen a lapon (on this page)

3. newspaper

   a mai lapokban (in today’s paper)et:lap

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