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verb dʒap [no object]japs", "japping", "jappedNorthern Irish, Scottish (of a liquid) spatter or splash over a surface. the boiling water is japping from the spout Example sentencesExamples - The water boils suddenly, hissing and japping into the flames.
- Her skin was scattered with more freckles than a japped windscreen.
- Over the years the mesh had become clogged with flour dust and fat japped from the pan.
- My white socks grew grubby as the backs of my legs were japped with muddy water.
- The bacon spluttered, and he licked his gravy-japped finger.
- His pride and joy will be sitting bobbing about on its mooring happy to be released from its winter storage, itching to get its decks japped.
Origin Early 18th century: originally Scots, of imitative origin. adjective & noun dʒap offensive, informal Rhymes bap, cap, chap, clap, dap, entrap, enwrap, flap, frap, gap, giftwrap, hap, knap, lap, Lapp, map, nap, nappe, pap, rap, sap, schappe, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap |