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单词 dapping
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dap  (dap),USA pronunciation v., dapped, dap•ping, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
  2. to dip lightly or suddenly into water:The bird dapped for the fish.
  3. to bounce or skip, as on the surface of a body of water:The stone dapped along the surface of the pond.

v.t. 
  1. to cause to dip in and out of water:to dap one's bait.
  2. to cause to skip along the surface of water:to dap stones across the river.
  3. Building[Carpentry.]to notch (a timber) to receive part of another timber.

n. 
  1. Building[Carpentry.]a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
  • probably variant of dab1 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dap /dæp/ vb (daps, dapping, dapped)
  1. to fish with a natural or artificial fly on a floss silk line so that the wind makes the fly bob on and off the surface of the water
  2. (intransitive) (as of a bird) to dip lightly into water
  3. to bounce or cause to bounce
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative origin
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