Meaning

(UK) A blow, hitbeating; a whap..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK) A blow, hitbeating; a whap.
2. (colloquial) A breast.
3. A bundle.
4. (MLE, slang) A weapon, gun.
5. Alternative form of wop (“derogatory: an Italian”)
6. (UK) To beat; to whap.
7. (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) To engage in sexual intercourse.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To wrap or bind.

Example Sentences

The waps will never stand for that. You'd be fucking with sacrilege. Every Italiano dreams of owning a red Ferrari.

Sir, he said, I saw nothing but the waters wap and the waves wan.

I[…]wapped him over his head

Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

No gentry mort hath prats like thine, / No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.

Liz, he says, why trine for a make, when you can wap for a winne. I'm no dimber mort, I says. Don't ask you to be a swell mollisher, sister, coves want Miss Laycock, don't look at your mug. So I begin to sell my mother of saints.

Word Forms

• waps
• wapping
• wapped

Synonyms for wap.

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When Should You Use Wap.?

Use wap. when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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