frap
/fɹæp/
frap verb: to draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. Also the clipping of frappuccino.
Verb
frap (third-person singular simple present fraps, present participle frapping, simple past and past participle frapped)
- To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too.1941, Boy Scout Tests and How to Pass Them, Boy Scouts Association, page 20
- To strike or beat.
- Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!1971, MotorBoating, volume 128, number 5, page 98
Noun capitalized: FRAP
FRAP (plural FRAPs)
Also used as
frap is also the clipping of frappuccino.
Synonyms of frap
Forms of frap
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | fraps |
| present participle | frapping |
| past participle | frapped |
| past | frapped |
| Noun | |
| plural | fraps |
| alternative form | frapp |
| plural | FRAPs |
Origin of frap
From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper.
Clipping.
Words that rhyme with frap
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- scrap
- map
- rap
- slap
- overlap
- pap
- crap
- sap
- yap
- bap
- unwrap
- app
- chap
- dap
- frappe
- nap
- uncap
- wap
- entrap
- enwrap
- fap
- hap
- jap
- minimap
- Phrygian cap
- plap
- recap
- whap
- anion gap
- asap
- bad rap
- belap
- betrap
- cloth cap
- Fanny Murray cap
- FAPP
- GAAP
- ion trap
- katsap
- lagniappe
- mishap
- Noddy cap
- scap
- shrap
- stap
- umbelap
- unstrap
- voting cap
Questions about frap
- What does frap mean?
- Frap means to draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- What part of speech is frap?
- Frap can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce frap?
- Frap is pronounced /fɹæp/.
- What is the past tense of frap?
- The past tense of frap is frapped.
Words near frap in the dictionary
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