lap

noun [C] (RACING)

/læp/

Definition

› one complete trip around a race track or from one end of a swimming pool to the other: Each lap of the track is 400 meters.

(Definition of lap noun (RACING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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