"wap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wap (plural waps)
  1. (UK, dialect) A blow or beating; a whap. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wap-en-noun-AWz9pNb8 Categories (other): British English
  2. (colloquial) A breast. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-wap-en-noun-2mqdg62d
  3. A bundle.
    Sense id: en-wap-en-noun-yfDpJVzn
  4. (MLE, slang) A weapon, gun. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: firearm
    Sense id: en-wap-en-noun-mQ~nWsyE Categories (other): Multicultural London English

Verb

Forms: waps [present, singular, third-person], wapping [participle, present], wapped [participle, past], wapped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wap (third-person singular simple present waps, present participle wapping, simple past and past participle wapped)
  1. (UK, dialect) To beat; to whap. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms (beat): attack
    Sense id: en-wap-en-verb-YzaTO6kf Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'beat': 100 0 0
  2. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To engage in sexual intercourse. Tags: UK, obsolete Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (sexual intercourse): copulate
    Sense id: en-wap-en-verb-PEr5nNjm Disambiguation of Sex: 2 1 1 3 2 91 0 Categories (other): British English, Thieves' cant Disambiguation of 'sexual intercourse': 1 99 0
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To wrap or bind. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-wap-en-verb-ViB32jwd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mort wap-apace, wappened, wappered, wapping cove, wapping dell, wapping ken, wapping moll, wapping mort

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wap meaning in English (4.8kB)

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