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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pap1 /pæp/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- soft food for infants or sick people.
- ideas, writings, etc., having no real content, worth, or value:The book was full of pap.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pap1 (pap),USA pronunciation n. - soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.
- an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; a nursery word akin to Dutch pap, German Pappe, Latin, Italian pappa
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged drivel, balderdash, twaddle.
pap2 (pap),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Dial.]- Dialect Termsa teat;
nipple. - Dialect Termssomething resembling a teat or nipple.
- 1150–1200; Middle English pappe; compare dialect, dialectal Norwegian, Swedish pappe, Latin papilla (see papilla), Lithuanian pãpas, all from a base *pap-; akin to pap1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pap /pæp/ n - any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash
- South African porridge made from maize
- worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappāre to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa pap /pæp/ n - Scot Northern English dialect a nipple or teat
- something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops
Etymology: 12th Century: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka pap /pæp/ vb ( -ps, -ping, -ped)(transitive)- (of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)
Etymology: 20th Century: from paparazzo |