"frap" meaning in English

See frap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɹæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-frap.wav Forms: fraps [plural], frapp [alternative]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-noun}} frap (plural fraps)
  1. (informal) Clipping of frappuccino. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: frappuccino
    Sense id: en-frap-en-noun-3FIBhQYV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Coffee, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 19 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 11 3 Disambiguation of Coffee: 99 1 0 Disambiguation of Violence: 42 47 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fɹæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-frap.wav Forms: fraps [present, singular, third-person], frapping [participle, present], frapped [participle, past], frapped [past]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frapen}} Middle English frapen, {{uder|en|fro|fraper}} Old French fraper Head templates: {{en-verb}} frap (third-person singular simple present fraps, present participle frapping, simple past and past participle frapped)
  1. (nautical) To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
    Sense id: en-frap-en-verb-vb8rzyBk Categories (other): Nautical, English undefined derivations, Violence Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Violence: 42 47 11 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (transitive) To strike or beat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frap-en-verb-ot~rIVTy Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 42 47 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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