lapnoun
uk/læp/us/læp/lap noun (LEGS)
B2 [ C usually singular ] the top surface of the upper part of the legs of a person who is sitting down:
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- She nursed the crying child on her lap.
- "Oh, you're a sweetheart, " she said, when I placed the breakfast tray on her lap.
- She bumped into his tray, knocking the food onto his lap.
- The children sat on my lap.
- I balanced the books on my lap.
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The leg
- Achilles tendon
- appendage
- appendicular
- crural
- cruris
- gastrocnemius
- gemellus
- hamstring
- haunch
- leggy
- peroneal
- peroneus
- pes anserinus
- piriformis
- popliteal
- subsartorial
- subtalar
- surae
- sural
- talocalcaneal
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lap noun (RACING)
B2 [ C ] a complete trip around a race track that is repeated several times during a competition:
a run around a track or sports field that is made by a winner of a race or a team that has won a game
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Athletics
- athlete
- athletics
- caber
- finish line
- finishing line 1
- finishing line
- follow through
- hammer throwing
- hurdler
- marathon
- relay
- running
- sack race
- shot
- stagger
- steeplechase
- track
- track meet
- triathlon
- water jump
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Idiom(s)
lapverb
uk/læp/us/læp/-pp-lap verb (IN RACING)
[ T ] to go past someone in a race who has been round the track one less time than you:
[ I ] to make one complete trip around a track
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Athletics
- athlete
- athletics
- caber
- finish line
- finishing line 1
- finishing line
- follow through
- hammer throwing
- hurdler
- marathon
- relay
- running
- sack race
- shot
- stagger
- steeplechase
- track
- track meet
- triathlon
- water jump
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lap verb (DRINK)
[ T ] (of an animal) to drink a liquid by taking it in small amounts into the mouth with a lot of short, quick movements of the tongue
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- gore
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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lap verb (HIT GENTLY)
[ I or T ] (of waves) to hit something gently, producing quiet sounds:
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Waves
- bore
- break
- breaker
- choppy
- crest
- dumper
- heavy
- overfall
- ripple
- roller
- rough
- spume
- standing wave
- swell
- tidal wave
- tsunami
- wake
- wave
- whitecaps
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