"plap" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /plæp/ Forms: plaps [plural]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: Imitative, or perhaps a blend of plash + flap. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{blend|en|plash|flap|nocap=1}} blend of plash + flap Head templates: {{en-noun}} plap (plural plaps)
  1. The sound of a plap or a plash.
    Sense id: en-plap-en-noun--0~MWLDs Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 30 22 35 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 31 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 26 36 4 4
  2. (sexual slang, Internet slang) The sound of the tissue of two people clapping against each other, particularly of the buttocks or hips, by a single intense thrust of penetrative sex. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-plap-en-noun-01mLTRN1 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 30 22 35 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 31 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 26 36 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: plop

Verb

IPA: /plæp/ Forms: plaps [present, singular, third-person], plapping [participle, present], plapped [participle, past], plapped [past]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: Imitative, or perhaps a blend of plash + flap. Etymology templates: {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{blend|en|plash|flap|nocap=1}} blend of plash + flap Head templates: {{en-verb}} plap (third-person singular simple present plaps, present participle plapping, simple past and past participle plapped)
  1. To plash; fall with a plashing sound.
    Sense id: en-plap-en-verb-0~klV67O Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 30 22 35 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 31 5 5 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 30 22 39 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 26 36 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 25 39 3 3
  2. (sexual slang, Internet slang) To fuck. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-plap-en-verb-r0LvPbd6
  3. (sexual slang, Internet slang) To hit one's testicles in masturbation or sex. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-plap-en-verb-hg48sSbs

Inflected forms

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