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laplap2 verb (past tense and past participle lapped, present participle lapping)   lap2Origin: 1-2 Old English lapian3 1200-1300 Probably from ➔ LAP1 (1) in the earlier meaning ‘fold, piece of cloth’ VERB TABLElap |
| Present | I, you, we, they | lap | | he, she, it | laps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lapped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lapped | | he, she, it | has lapped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lapped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lap | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lapped |
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| Present | I | am lapping | | he, she, it | is lapping | | you, we, they | are lapping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was lapping | | you, we, they | were lapping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lapping | | he, she, it | has been lapping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lapping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lapping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lapping |
- Patrese lapped the 2.7-mile circuit at 128 mph.
- Senna lapped everyone in the San Marino Grand Prix.
- I lapped at the warm, rich blood; very nice, very fresh.
- Ice cream is one food that most kids lap up without hesitation.
- Not surprisingly, it is a comparison that the Bush people lap up with delight.
- Perhaps he can borrow a reptile to perch next to him and lap up his tears as they fall.
- The floodwaters were lapping at the sides.
- The gun lapped up snow and vegetation with a blow-torch thirty feet long.
- This morning the water was clear and silvery, chuckling a little as it lapped over the smooth, oval, brown stones.
to drink something► drink to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it: · Drink your coffee before it gets cold.· Is this water safe to drink?· He was drinking vodka straight from the bottle.· She picked up the cup and began to drink thirstily. ► have to have a drink of something: · We always have tea in the morning.· Robin was driving, so he just had a glass of orange juice.· We had a couple of beers and talked about old times.have a drink (of something): · Can I have a drink of water, please?· Sit down and have a drink. ► take to drink a small amount or a single mouthful of something: · He was very weak, but managed to take a mouthful of water from my bottle.· Jody took another sip of wine. ► sip to drink something slowly, in very small amounts: · Sue sat at the bar sipping a Martini.· She sipped water all the way through the interview. ► quench your thirst written to drink something in order to stop being thirsty: · We stopped in a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep. ► slurp to drink liquid while making a noisy sucking sound: · He bent his face over the steaming bowl and slurped loudly.· The old man started to slurp his beer. ► lap/lap up if an animal laps or laps up a liquid, it drinks it with quick movements of its tongue: · We spotted the cubs lapping water from a stream in the forest.lap something up: · The tiny creature started to lap the milk up eagerly.lap up something: · A large dog lapped up the gravy that had spilt on the floor. to enjoy getting a lot of praise, attention etc► bask in to enjoy a situation where people are saying how good or successful you are: · The group were clearly basking in the crowd's adoration and applause.bask in the glory/glow (of something): · It was a tremendous victory for the team, and they sat back and basked in the glory.· For several months I'd been basking in the glow of graduation, but now it was time to get a job. ► revel in to enjoy a situation where you get a lot of attention or praise: · Barrymore clearly revels in the joy of entertaining an audience.· During his visit, the President seemed to revel in the limelight. ► lap up to enjoy getting a lot of attention or praise: lap up something: · We all lapped up the five-star treatment on the ship.lap something up: · Fred was in the middle of a group of girls, and was obviously lapping it up. ► the lap of luxury (=a very comfortable situation, especially compared to other situations or other people)· After camping for a week, my own bed felt like the lap of luxury.· The foreigners lived in the lap of luxury. ► a victory lap (=when a winning runner or player runs around the playing area)· He then took a victory lap around the arena. ► waves lap (=hit something gently)· the sound of waves lapping against the boat ADVERB► up· But as she lapped up the five-star treatment on the champagne Concorde flight, angry pensioners were facing a bleak future.· Perhaps he can borrow a reptile to perch next to him and lap up his tears as they fall.· An eager public lapped up the vital evidence.· Not surprisingly, it is a comparison that the Bush people lap up with delight.· She was taken in by Maggie Taylor and now five month old Teka is fighting fit and lapping up all the attention.· I was on my crutches, doing my eight laps up and down the path where the pines wall the garden in.· I'd had a couple of drinks, lapped up some fast food, and jumped into a cab.· Ice cream is one food that most kids lap up without hesitation. 1 [intransitive, transitive] if water laps something or laps against something such as the shore or a boat, it moves against it or hits it in small waveslap against/over etc The waves lapped gently against the rocks. The tide was lapping the harbour wall.2 (also lap up) [transitive] if an animal laps water, milk etc, it drinks it by putting its tongue into it3[transitive] to pass a competitor in a race who is one complete lap behind you: Erik Gomas spun off the track when trying to lap Andrew Scott.—lapping noun [uncountable]: She could hear the soft lapping of the sea.lap something ↔ up phrasal verb1to enjoy something without worrying about whether it is good, true etc: She’s lapping up all the attention she’s getting. The humour was lapped up by an appreciative crowd.2if an animal laps up water, milk etc, it drinks it by putting its tongue into it: The cat began to lap up the milk. |