Dap

Quick meaning: Dap is a noun meaning (West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.

Meaning

(West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.

More Meanings

1. (carpentry) A notch cut in one timber to receive another.
2. (Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
3. (metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.
4. (fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.
5. (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
6. A fist bump.
7. (slang) Vulva or vagina.

Example Sentences

I'll just dap down to the shop.

These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.

... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) .

I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.

Word Forms

• daps
• dapping
• dapped

Synonyms for dap

Depending on context, synonyms include dab.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ay, oda, pan, pad, hap, rap.

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