Synonyms for lapping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lap |
| Phonetic Transcription : læp |
Top 10 synonyms for lapping Other synonyms for the word lapping
Définition of lapping
Origin :- Old English læppa (plural læppan) "skirt or flap of a garment," from Proto-Germanic *lapp- (cf. Old Frisian lappa, Old Saxon lappo, Middle Dutch lappe, Dutch lap, Old High German lappa, German Lappen "rag, shred," Old Norse leppr "patch, rag"), from PIE root *leb- "be loose, hang down."
- Sense of "lower part of a shirt" led to that of "upper legs of seated person" (c.1300). Used figuratively ("bosom, breast") from late 14c.; e.g. lap of luxury, first recorded 1802. From 15c.-In 17c. the word (often in plural) was a euphemism for "female pudendum," but this is not the source of lap dance, which is first recorded 1993.
- To lap dance, you undress, sit your client down, order him to stay still and fully clothed, then hover over him, making a motion that you have perfected by watching Mister Softee ice cream dispensers. [Anthony Lane, review of "Showgirls," "New Yorker," Oct. 16, 1995]
- That this is pleasure and not torment for the client is something survivors of the late 20c. will have to explain to their youngers.
- verb slosh, wash against
- verb overlap
- Then, too, he used to wash Jack, lapping him all over as a mother cat does her kitten.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- The ship was silent save for the lapping of the water against her sides.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- The sound of its lapping against the steep rocks soothed her.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- The yellow flood was now lapping on the ledge all about them.
- Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- It would soon be lapping at his throat, and then––he must begin to swim.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- (said he, and lapping his Handkerchief to his Eyes) How can I deserve this of you?
- Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn
- Except for the lapping of the waves the night was very still.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- Sweeping Jill into his arms, he stepped into the lapping flow of fire.
- Extract from : « A World is Born » by Leigh Douglass Brackett
- There was no sound but the lapping of water, or rush of wind through the leaves.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- Delisse joined and Marie's soft voice was like a lapping wave.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Antonyms for lapping
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