wapn.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1.
a. A blow, knock, thump.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
dintc897
swengOE
shutec1000
kill?c1225
swipc1275
stroke1297
dentc1325
touchc1325
knock1377
knalc1380
swapc1384
woundc1384
smitinga1398
lush?a1400
sowa1400
swaipa1400
wapc1400
smita1425
popc1425
rumbelowc1425
hitc1450
clope1481
rimmel1487
blow1488
dinga1500
quartera1500
ruska1500
tucka1500
recounterc1515
palta1522
nolpc1540
swoop1544
push1561
smot1566
veny1578
remnant1580
venue1591
cuff1610
poltc1610
dust1611
tank1686
devel1787
dunching1789
flack1823
swinge1823
looder1825
thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9338 On smytes his felawe thorow the pap, And he ȝeues him a sori wap.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6405 Ector for þat od dynt, ournyt in hert, Wode for the wap, as a wild lyon.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 265 He hit him on the wame a wap It buft lyk ony bledder.
1810 Splendid Follies II. 138 I had such a plumper off the old mare the first time I went out! What a wap of the head I had surely.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 272 A wap wi' a corner stane o' Wolf's Crag wad defy the doctor!
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Wap, a species of slap, resounding, as if imparted by a wet dishclout.
1914 C. C. Murray in Aberd. Univ. Rev. Nov. 45 An' fat was a wap wi' a spainyie or tag To hands that were hard as a steen.
b. at a wap: at one blow, suddenly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > suddenly
in a widden-dreamOE
a sursaut1338
at a wapa1400
in a swing1487
on or upon a (or the) sudden1558
at a (orthe) sudden1562
in a sudden1562
of a sudden1570
short1579
overshort1587
on the starta1616
slap1672
swap1672
bob1673
souse1680
sharply1828
sharp1836
a-sudden1871
a1400 Wars Alex. 3040 Alexander allþire first on þaim all he settis And aithire ward at a wapp wiȝtly inIoynes.
a1400 Wars Alex. 4142, 5318.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 499 Þou..trauayledez neuer to tent hit þe tyme of an howre, Bot at a wap hit here wax & away at an oþer.
c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 515 & wel wenen at a wap alle þe wo[r]ld quelle.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiv. 319 As I wold at a wap wyn all at ones.
2. Scottish. A sudden storm (of snow).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow-storm > sudden
wap1818
1818 W. Scott Let. 5 Nov. (1933) V. 210 You will find it [sc. a plaid] a good bosom friend..when your country avocations lead you to face a dry wap of snow.
3. A shake, flap; a sweeping or tossing movement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > shaking > a shake
shag1581
shake1581
wap?1635
?1635 in D. Dickson Sel. Pract. Writings (1845) (modernized text) 99 Preaching is like the wap of a fan, to tell the one that they are chaff [etc.].
c1800 Leesome Brand vii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 182 Ye do you to my father's stable, Where steeds do stand baith wight and able... Strike ane o them upo the back, The swiftest will gie his head a wap.
1820 W. Scott Abbot II. ii. 25 Pomp and pleasure pass away as speedily as the wap of a falcon's wing.
4. A pugilistic fight. Also, a quarrel. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel
controversy1448
tencion?1473
brulyie1531
pique1532
feudc1565
quarrel1566
jar1583
controverse1596
brack1600
outcast1620
rixation1623
controversarya1635
simultya1637
outfall1647
outfallingc1650
controversion1658
démêlé1661
embroilment1667
strut1677
risse1684
rubber1688
fray1702
brulyiement1718
fallout1725
tossa1732
embroil1742
ding-dong?1760
pilget1777
fratch1805
spar1836
splutter1838
bust-up1842
whid1847
chip1854
kass-kass1873
wap1887
run-in1894
go-round1898
blue1943
hassle1945
square-up?1949
ruck1958
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest
boxing match1699
set-to1743
bruising-match1757
show-off1776
rally1805
turn-up1810
mill1812
spar1814
twista1849
wap1887
go1890
scrap1905
promotion1907
1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 24 It not unfrequently happened, if a well matched pair or two met and had not had their ‘wap’ out, both pits would be thrown idle on the Monday that all who wished might see the affair wound up.
1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xi. 68 It happened ae day that a neebor woman..and Bessie had a terr'ble wap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† wapn.2
Obsolete.
A kind of mongrel formerly used as a house-dog. Owing to a mistake of his translator Fleming (1576), Caius has commonly been said to have identified the ‘wappe’ with the ‘turnspit’, and to have given waupe as an actual variant form. His Latin for Wappe is Admonitor (rendered ‘Warner’ by Fleming); for Turnespete he gives Versator.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > guard dog
porter?a1425
wap1464
dog keeper1576
mooner1576
warner1576
house dog1577
mâtin1579
defender1607
housekeeper1607
watchdoga1616
moondog1668
yard-dog1795
guard dog1796
big dog1833
tenter1844
junkyard dog1936
prowl dog1974
1464 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 14 Sir Henry Vavasor was gone hence or I wist, so that I might not speak to him for the wapp.
1570 J. Caius De Canibus Britannicis f.12v Ad postremum, degeneres, Wappe and Turnespete nominari dicebamus: hunc à verbo nostrati turne,..& spete..; illud à naturali canis voce Wau, quàm in latratu ædit admonendo. Vnde, originaliter Waupe dicendum fuit. Sed euphoniæ bonæque consonantiæ gratia, vocali in consonantem mutata, Wappe à nostris vocitatur.
1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiii The sillie Sheephearde committing his wandering sheepe to the custodie of his wappe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† wapn.3
Obsolete. rare.
1. A turn of a string wrapped round something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling round something > a single turn of something wound round
wap1545
round1771
wrap1879
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 4 You must looke that youre bowe be well nocked for fere the sharpnesse of the horne shere a sunder the strynge. And that chaunceth ofte when in bending, the string hath but one wap to strengthe it wyth all.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 4 When the stringe is shorte, when it is longe,..when it hath but one wap.
2. Nautical. A shroud-stopper. [Perhaps another word: compare warp n.1]
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > rigging supporting mast laterally > specific rope for connecting or tightening
wap1704
shroud-stopper1867
fighting-stopper1881
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Wapp, is that Rope in a Ship, wherewith the Shrouds are set taught with Wale~knots; one end is made fast to the Shrouds, and to the other are brought the Laniards.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Wapp, or Whap.
3. (See quot. 1828) dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > bundle of hay or straw
feald?14..
bottlec1405
bunch?a1505
straw wisp?a1513
stook1571
wad1573
botillage1576
windling1645
pottle1730
bolting1784
strike1817
windle1825
wap1828
hay-pack1841
wake1847
plack1871
tibbin1900
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wap, a bundle of straw, called also a loggin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
WAPn.4
/wap/, U.S. /wæp/ Telecommunications and Computing.
A specification which supports the transfer of data (esp. for internet access, including text and images) to and from a handheld wireless device, esp. a mobile phone with a suitable display panel; esp. in WAP phone n. a mobile telephone using this technology.
ΚΠ
1997 Electronic Engin. Times 30 June 8/1 The world's leading mobile-phone makers are working together to define a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) that would be used to transfer data to and from smart mobile phones.
1999 Guardian 1 July (Online section) 4/4 WAP phones are expected to create a huge new market.
1999 Personal Computer World Sept. 38/4 The key utility on WAP devices will be the microbrowser capable of displaying WML pages.
1999 Independent 8 Nov. (Media Plus section) 15/3 WAP is undoubtedly going to be a success.
2000 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 3/3 By the end of this year, almost all mobiles will be WAP-phones.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wapv.1
/wɒp/ Now dialect.† 2. To shake. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.† 4. Of the wind: To blow in gusts. Of a cloth: To flap in the wind. Of wings: To flap, beat. Obsolete.
1. † b. In figurative expressions like wapped in woe, there is some doubt whether wapped belongs to this verb with the sense ‘thrown’, or to wap v.2 with the sense ‘wrapped’. Cf. the similar use of warp v. The word may have been variously apprehended by those who used the proverbial expression. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To throw quickly or with violence. Often with adverb or phrase, down, to the ground, etc. †to wap off: to pull off roughly; †to wap sindry (see sundry adv.), to scatter, disperse; to wap wide, to throw wide open.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > throw open
warpc1000
to-thrustc1175
to waive up1377
upcastc1425
to wap widec1440
to throw upa1500
to fling open1587
to cast open1633
to fling wide1847
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] > violently
dusta1225
stetec1330
swinga1400
whirra1400
wapc1440
whirlc1440
to throw off1551
swash1577
ding1614
bung1825
whither1825
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing
to do offeOE
to lay downc1275
to weve offc1290
stripc1320
doffa1375
loose1382
ofdrawa1393
casta1400
to take offa1400
warpa1400
to cast offc1400
to catch offc1400
waivec1400
voidc1407
to put off?a1425
to wap offc1440
to lay from, offc1480
despoil1483
to pull offc1500
slip1535
devest1566
to shift off1567
daff1609
discuss1640
to lay off1699
strip1762
douse1780
shuffle1837
derobe1841
shed1858
skin1861
peel1888
pull1888
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > drive away in all directions
to-driveOE
to-dreveOE
to-skairc1175
scattera1300
skaila1300
disparplea1325
sheda1325
discatterc1330
to-scattera1382
sparple1382
to-rusha1387
to-sparplea1387
deperpeyla1400
rat1402
sever1412
to-ratc1440
disparklec1449
scarkle1450
sparklea1470
disperse1503
shudderc1540
sparse1549
dissipate?c1550
to wap sindry1563
squander1622
rout1641
to feeze about1689
c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 343 Do wappe of his wedis þat are worne.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2947 in Poems (1981) 109 Now on the quheill, now wappit to the ground.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii*v The yettis wappit war wyde.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 150 Wyth branchis rent of treis, and quarrell stanis Of huge wecht doun wappand all at anis.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7297 Mony doughty þat day deghit in the fild, Mony [were] wofully woundit, & wappid to ground!
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 94 Quhy hef ȝe wappit doun al the affixit tabellis of the Lord?
1563 N. Winȝet tr. Vincentius Lirinensis Antiq. Catholike Fayth II. v. 22 Than wes..monasteriis destroyit, clerkis wappit sindry [L. clerici disturbati], the ministeris of the Kirkis strikin [etc.].
1563 N. Winȝet tr. Vincentius Lirinensis Antiq. Catholike Fayth II. vi. 23 That be them he wald raiss vp his Kirkis afoir wappit doun.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxviii. 30 Be war with the wand syne he wapis in the fyre.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 25 Gif thay sie ony fishe mair diligate..the pray quhilke..thay brocht far aff, with speid thay wap out of thair mouth.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 29 At last, the Jnglisman wappit fra his horse, the Scot winnis the Victorie.
c1730 A. Ramsay O Mither dear! v Get Johny's hand in haly band, Syne wap ye'r wealth together.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Whap, to shut or close with violence, as, ‘twind waps door tull’.
1912 A. McCormick Words from Wild-wood vi. 82 I had..mechanically ‘wapped’ my line once or twice in the glassy pool above.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 12 In wrathe when we writhe, or in wrathenesse ar wapped.
c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 1 In waylyng and wepyng, in woo am I wapped.
c1480 (a1400) St. Cecilia 239 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 375 Ve sal be wappyt in til yre, percace in erde in brynnand fyre [L. incurremus furorem exurentem in terris].
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 748 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 118 Ffor ws wappit in wo In yis warld wyde To yi son mak yi mane.
1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xx. 3 Oppressit hairt, indure..Wappit without recure In wo remidiless.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Prol. sig. Aiijv Syne the xij. Signes, and of thair conuersatioun, How thay ar wapt to diuers variatioun.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 28v To Ilk man geuis in warld his fatall weir[d], Quhidder it be to weill wappit, or wo.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 28v I se this warld wappit with variance.
?a1600 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables (Harl.) in Poems (1906) II. 217 Now in fredome, now wappit [?a1500 wardit, 1571 Bassandyne wrappit] in distres.
c. intr. slang. To copulate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
to do (also work) one's kindc1225
bedc1315
couple1362
gendera1382
to go togetherc1390
to come togethera1398
meddlea1398
felterc1400
companya1425
swivec1440
japea1450
mellc1450
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474
engender1483
fuck?a1513
conversec1540
jostlec1540
confederate1557
coeate1576
jumble1582
mate1589
do1594
conjoin1597
grind1598
consortc1600
pair1603
to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608
commix1610
cock1611
nibble1611
wap1611
bolstera1616
incorporate1622
truck1622
subagitate1623
occupya1626
minglec1630
copulate1632
fere1632
rut1637
joust1639
fanfreluche1653
carnalize1703
screw1725
pump1730
correspond1756
shag1770
hump1785
conjugate1790
diddle1879
to get some1889
fuckeec1890
jig-a-jig1896
perform1902
rabbit1919
jazz1920
sex1921
root1922
yentz1923
to make love1927
rock1931
mollock1932
to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
bang1937
lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
to roll in the hay1966
to get down1967
poontang1968
pork1968
shtup1969
shack1976
bonk1984
boink1985
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Giiiiv He tooke his Iockam in his famble, and a wappinge he went.]
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K4v Wee'l couch a hogshead vnder the Ruffemans..And there you [sc. Moll Cutpurse] shall wap with mee, and I'le niggle with you.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Wap, c. to Lie with a Man. If she won't wap for a Winne, let her trine for a Make, c. If she won't Lie with a Man for a Penny, let her Hang for a Half-penny. Mort wap-apace, c. a Woman of Experience, or very expert at the Sport.
1725 New Canting Dict. Song v This Doxy Dell can cut been Whids, And wap well for a Win.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake
reseeOE
swengea1000
shakeOE
stira1023
rogglea1398
bitaltc1400
rogc1400
shigc1440
warble1510
brangle1513
shatter1533
wap1570
goggle1576
esbrandill1588
concute1599
quakea1616
beshake1664
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ci/2 To Wappe, motare, agitare.
3. intransitive. To strike, knock upon; to strike through.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)]
slay971
smitelOE
flatc1330
flap1362
acoupc1380
frapa1400
girda1400
hit?a1400
knocka1400
swap?a1400
wapa1400
castc1400
strike1509
befta1522
to throw about one1590
cuff1596
to let down1640
dunch1805
yark1818
bunt1867
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike through
wapa1400
transverberate1623
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 2226 Othire athils of armes Albastis bendis, Quirys out quarrels, quappid [Dubl. MS. wappyd] thurȝe mayles.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 882 Þe ȝonge men..Wapped vpon þe wyket & wonnen hem tylle.
1889 H. Johnston Chron. Glenbuckie 99 Yer cannon balls, well they wud just wap through them [spirits] and no do them wan bit o' hairm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > flap loosely
wapc1400
flaffa1522
flap1529
flip-flap1599
flop1602
flasker1689
wamfle1808
wallop1822
flacket1823
flapper1835
swap1884
slat1889
faffle1951
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow fitfully > in gusts
wapc1400
thud1513
flaw1806
to gust up1813
tuck1833
huffle1862
the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > of wings: flap or beat
wapa1600
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2004 Þe werbelande wynde wapped fro þe hyȝe.
c1400 Isumbras 632 A rede clothe therinne he seghe Owte-wappande with the wynde.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9513 The smorther, & the smoke of þe smert loghys..waivet in the welkyn, wappond full hote.
a1600 Floddan Field (1664) i. 5 When flickering fame that monstrous wight With hundred wings wapping was blown.
5. Used to express the intermittent sound of shallow water over stones: cf. plap v., plop v.
ΘΚΠ
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
1910 J. Masefield Fragm. in Ballads & Poems 12 Simois babbles over stone And waps and gurgles to the sky.
Derivatives
ˈwapping n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun]
buffetingc1240
dintc1330
smitingc1330
dentinga1398
wapping1398
strikingc1400
swippingc1420
dinginga1425
bobbing1526
swappingc1540
nicking1668
hitting1687
biffing1915
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
ymonec950
moneOE
meanc1175
manredc1275
swivinga1300
couplec1320
companyc1330
fellowred1340
the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
fellowshipc1390
meddlinga1398
carnal knowinga1400
flesha1400
knowledgea1400
knowledginga1400
japec1400
commoning?c1425
commixtionc1429
itc1440
communicationc1450
couplingc1475
mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
mixturea1500
Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
conversation?c1510
flesh-company1522
act?1532
carnal knowledge1532
occupying?1544
congression1546
soil1555
conjunction1567
fucking1568
rem in re1568
commixture1573
coiture1574
shaking of the sheets?1577
cohabitation1579
bedding1589
congress1589
union1598
embrace1599
making-outa1601
rutting1600
noddy1602
poop-noddy1606
conversinga1610
carnal confederacy1610
wapping1610
businessa1612
coition1615
doinga1616
amation1623
commerce1624
hot cocklesa1627
other thing1628
buck1632
act of love1638
commistion1658
subagitation1658
cuntc1664
coit1671
intimacy1676
the last favour1676
quiffing1686
old hat1697
correspondence1698
frigging1708
Moll Peatley1711
coitus1713
sexual intercourse1753
shagging1772
connection1791
intercourse1803
interunion1822
greens1846
tail1846
copula1864
poking1864
fuckeea1866
sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > having sexual intercourse
wapping1612
engendering1620
shagging1772
on the job1922
rogering1953
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxxi. 142 Grete wappynge and lepynge in any of the rybbes betokeneth woo and sorowe other rauynge.
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. E3 Nigling, company keeping with a woman: this word is not vsed now, but wapping, and thereof comes the name wapping morts Whoores.
1612 T. Dekker Canting Song in O per se O sig. O1v And wapping Dell, that niggles well, and takes loure for her hire.
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 296 The wapping of a Towell will urge a Beare.
1707 J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (ed. 5) iii. 198 Wapping thou I know do's love.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† wapv.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To wrap, envelop; also, to wrap (a covering) about something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]
bewindOE
writheOE
windc1175
bewrap?c1225
lapa1300
umbelaya1300
umbeweave1338
wlappec1380
enwrapa1382
wrapa1382
inlap1382
envelop1386
forwrapc1386
hapc1390
umbeclapa1400
umbethonrea1400
umblaya1400
wapc1420
biwlappea1425
revolve?a1425
to roll up?a1425
roll?c1425
to roll ina1475
wimple1513
to wind up?1533
invest1548
circumvolve1607
awrap1609
weave1620
sheet1621
obvolve1623
embowdle1625
amict1657
wry1674
woold1775
overwrap1815
wrapper1885
wrapper1905
weve-
c1420 Wyntoun Cron. cxlv. 1989 A mantill wappit him about.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 1212 in Macro Plays Whanne ȝe be in bedde browth boþe, wappyd wel in worthy wede.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 287/1 Lappyn, or whappyn in cloþys, involvo.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappon', or hyllyn' wythe clothys or oþer lyke, tego, contego.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappyn', or wyndyn' abowte yn clothys, involvo.
c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 274 It [Mary's girdle] was wonte for to wappe þat worthy virgine.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 211 Þat womman..had a little chylde syttand on hur kne wappid in a clothe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Barnabas 206 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 255 Al þe fyre..þai wepyt in a clath of lede.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 221 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 7 Weppit in clathis þe barn can lay.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 524 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 271 Þai lad þat body, þat ded was,..wappyt in a furrit mantele.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 245 Kythe youre strengthe, And wap you wightly in youre wede.
1542 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 131 Item, for ix stane merling cord deliverit to George Halyburtoun to wap and mak the lowpes of the somes and thetis, v li. viij s.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) Prol. l. 40 in Shorter Poems (1967) 10 The vmbrate treis that Tytan about wappit.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun]
wappingc1440
wrappingc1440
circumplication1567
overwrapping1950
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappynge, happynge or hyllynge [v.r. lappynge, lappinge], coopertura, coopericio (involucio).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† wapv.3
Obsolete.
intransitive. To bark.
ΚΠ
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappyn', or baffyn' as howndys, nicto, Cath.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappon' or berkyn', idem quod berkyn, supra.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 409 Solomon was an absolute Prince,..in his peaceable Countrey, where no dog durst bark against him (save two or three whapping curs toward the end of his reign).
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that barks
wappingc1440
barking1552
boughing1566
yamphing1728
yaffing1815
yaffling1875
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark > barking
barkingc1300
baffing1401
wappingc1440
bawling1555
spending1615
yapping1668
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 516/1 Wappynge, of howndys, whan þey folow here pray or that they wolde harme to..nicticio, niccio.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 516/1 Wappynge (of howndys, MS. K.) or berkynge, bajulatus, latratus.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. iii. 366 As the harmlesse wapping of a curs'd curre may stir up a fierce mastiffe to the worrying of sheep.
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