lapping Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
   imbrication; overlapping.
   
2. verb lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
   lap.
   
3. verb pass the tongue over
   lick; lap.
   
   • the dog licked her hand
4. verb move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
   swosh; swish; lap; swoosh.
   
   • The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
   • The curtain swooshed open
5. verb take up with the tongue
   lick; lap; lap up.
   
   • The cat lapped up the milk
   • the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
6. verb wash or flow against
   wash; lave; lap.
   
   • the waves laved the shore

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