lap-lapn.1
/ˈlaplap/, /ˌlapˈlap/, U.S. /ˈlæpˌlæp/, /ˌlæpˈlæp/ A frequently reiterated sound of lapping. Also attributive.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > lapping
lapsing1820
lapping1855
lap-lap1871
lap1884
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > make sound of or like water [verb (intransitive)] > lap
lap1823
lapse1832
slap1840
lap-lap1871
wap1910
1871 Cornhill Mag. May 589 There was nothing to be heard but the faint lap-lap of the water against the pier.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 164 Yarn is being rinsed on square spindles that jerk it with a curious lap-lap motion as they turn it round and round, sunk to half its length in the water.
Derivatives
lap-lap v. intransitive.
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1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge iv. 54 The rushing water..lap-lapping against our bows.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
lap-lapn.2
/ˈlaplap/ In New Guinea, a loin-cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > clothing for loins or genital area > loin cloth
dhoti1622
lungi1634
veil1634
pagne1698
breech-clout1757
lap1769
maro1769
waist-cloth1810
langoti1816
breech-cloth1841
malo1850
loin-cloth1859
G string1878
loin-rag1929
lap-lap1930
1930 M. Mead Growing up in New Guinea xi. 191 A gorgeous new laplap proclaims his special state.
1957 O. Ruhen in B. James Austral. Short Stories (1963) 197 They were not bush natives, because all three wore cloth lap~laps.
1967 ‘E. Lindall’ Time too Soon i. 3 A couple of policemen, militarily smart in their new uniforms... Earlier they had worn dark blue laplaps.
1973 Sunday Times 10 June (Colour Suppl.) 51/3 When Michael Somare walked through the bar of a Bougainville motel..he heard himself described as a ‘bush kanaka in a lap-lap’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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