Pap
[pæp]
Definition
(n.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.
(n.) A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.
(n.) A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.
(n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.
(n.) The pulp of fruit.
(v. t.) To feed with pap.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Nipple, teat, dug.[2]. Food (made soft for infants and weaklings), nutriment, nourishment.
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Definition
n. soft food for infants: pulp of fruit: nourishment: (slang) the emoluments or perquisites of public office.—v.t. to feed with pap.—adjs. Papes′cent Pap′py.—ns. Pap′meat soft food for infants; Pap′spoon a spoon for infants.
n. a nipple or teat: a woman's breast: a round conical hill as the Paps of Jura.
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Examples
- After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- William was the godfather of the child, and exerted his ingenuity in the purchase of cups, spoons, pap-boats, and corals for this little Christian. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wipe the pap of your mother's breasts off thy lips and give me a hatful of that dirt, the man with his chin on the ground said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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