lap

/læp/ verb (present participle lapping, past tense and past participle lapped)

Translation

lap against/on, etc sth › If water laps against something, it touches it gently in waves.

dalgalar şeklinde hafif hafif çarparak dokunmak/şıpırdamak; hışırdamak

The sea was lapping round his ankles.1530

lap sth up phrasal verb informal

› to enjoy something very much

yalayıp yutmak/içmek; bir çırpıda bitirmek; çok hoşuna gitmek

He loved all the attention - he was lapping it up!979

(Definition of lap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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