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Lap

noun

1.

The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.

2.

An area of control or responsibility.

3.

The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs. Synonym: lap covering.

4.

A flap that lies over another part. Synonym: overlap.

5.

Movement once around a course. Synonyms: circle, circuit.

6.

Touching with the tongue. Synonym: lick.

verb

(past & past part. lapped; pres. part. lapping)

1.

Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another.

2.

Pass the tongue over. Synonym: lick.

3.

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound. Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh. "The curtain swooshed open"

4.

Take up with the tongue. Synonyms: lap up, lick. "The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

5.

Wash or flow against. Synonyms: lave, wash.

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... were two big, strong men, perched upon the driver's seat of a magnificent carriage, drawn by two great powerful horses, and conveying about the city for recreation a dyspeptic lap-dog, while trudging along the gutter in search of work or something to eat was a weak, ill-fed, broken-down old man, who had, no doubt, given the best years of his life to the actual labor which had increased the ...

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