If you describe something such as information, writing, or entertainment as pap, you mean that you consider it to be of no worth, value, or serious interest.
[disapproval]
More Synonyms of pap
pap in British English1
(pæp)
noun
1.
any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash
2. South Africa
porridge made from maize
3.
worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel
intellectual pap
Word origin
C15: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappāre to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa
pap in British English2
(pæp)
noun
1. Scottish and Northern England dialect
a nipple or teat
2.
a.
something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops
b.
(capital as part of a name)
the Pap of Glencoe
Word origin
C12: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka
pap in British English3
(pæp) informal
noun
1.
a paparazzo
verbWord forms: paps, papping or papped(transitive)
2.
(of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)
Word origin
C20: from paparazzo
pap in American English1
(pæp)
noun Archaic
1.
a nipple or teat
2.
something shaped like a nipple or teat, as a cone-shaped hill
Word origin
ME pappe, prob. orig. < baby talk
pap in American English2
(pæp)
noun
1.
a.
any soft or semiliquid food for babies or invalids
b.
any mash, paste, or pulp
2.
any oversimplified or tasteless writing, ideas, etc.
3. US
money, favors, etc. received because of association with public office
Word origin
ME, orig. < baby talk (as in L papa)
Examples of 'pap' in a sentence
pap
The big news this year was women stepping out of the pap shot and into our consciousness.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
1 (noun)
Definition
worthless or oversimplified entertainment or information
All that radio station plays is commercial pap.
Synonyms
rubbish
He's talking rubbish.
trash
Don't read that awful trash.
trivia
drivel
What absolute drivel!
2 (noun)
Definition
a soft food for babies or invalids
a bowl of pap
Synonyms
mush
Over-ripe bananas will collapse into a mush in this recipe.
pulp
The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.
mash
They ate a mash of potatoes, carrot and cabbage.
baby food
Additional synonyms
in the sense of drivel
Definition
foolish talk
What absolute drivel!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
malarkey (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
blah (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
prating,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
malarkey,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of mash
Definition
a soft pulpy mass
They ate a mash of potatoes, carrot and cabbage.
Synonyms
pulp,
pâté,
paste,
purée,
mush
in the sense of pulp
Definition
a soft wet substance made from matter which has been crushed or beaten
The olives are crushed to a pulp by stone rollers.