lap
/læp/
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; One circuit around a race track; The loose part of a coat
- plural
- laps
Meanings
- 1
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
Come, sit on my lap.
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Tom did a victory lap.
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- 2
One circuit around a race track
- 3
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron
- 4
The act or process of lapping
- 5
The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again
- 6
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game
- 7
An edge; a border; a hem, as of clothrare
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A place of rearing and fosteringrare
- 9
The upper legs of a seated personrare
- 10
The female pudendarare