"lappy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lappy [comparative], most lappy [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adjective}} lappy (comparative more lappy, superlative most lappy)
  1. (jargon) of glass, having strata due to the pour being inconsistent, of molten glass having such an inconsistency, generally due to returned lumps of glass still being at different temperatures. Tags: jargon Related terms: tappy-lappy
    Sense id: en-lappy-en-adj-fLQHJ36S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: lappies [plural]
Etymology: Shortened forms + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} lappy (plural lappies)
  1. (informal) A laptop computer. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings
    Sense id: en-lappy-en-noun-5VfttGWN Disambiguation of Plovers and lapwings: 6 33 12 36 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 52 19 0 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 51 17 1 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 54 21 3 22
  2. (informal) A lapdance. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings
    Sense id: en-lappy-en-noun-WhWwXh0S Disambiguation of Plovers and lapwings: 6 33 12 36 13
  3. (Yorkshire) the lapwing. Tags: Yorkshire Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings
    Sense id: en-lappy-en-noun-euGEbAK0 Disambiguation of Plovers and lapwings: 6 33 12 36 13 Categories (other): Yorkshire English
  4. (informal) A lapphund Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings
    Sense id: en-lappy-en-noun-O8UfrJy- Disambiguation of Plovers and lapwings: 6 33 12 36 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lappy meaning in English (4.4kB)

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