Meaning

A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland..

Definitions by Sense

1. A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.
2. (British, Ireland, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
3. (Ireland, Belfast, slang) The head.
4. (humorous) A friend or buddy.
5. (informal) The sound of a light blow or slap.
6. (informal, transitive) To hit lightly.
7. Cooked rice as part of Korean cuisine.

Example Sentences

burger bap

He lost the bap.

Mrs Dudley came bouncing back, hand swinging, big stain on her right bap like she'd been shot or Da had got at her in an alleyway.

Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not. BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian.

Elizabeth continued into the living room and saw Velvet napping on the cool linoleum under the dining room table. She stopped to stroke her silky side and the puppy's tail went bap, bap, bap against the floor in greeting.

“Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers.

She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]

Word Forms

• baps
• bapping
• bapped

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