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lappas

lappas is the plural of lappa.

Meaning of lappa

Noun (1)

lappa (plural lappas)

  1. (India) A cross-batted swipe.
    • When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa.2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White, page 12

Noun (2)

lappa (plural lappas)

  1. An African waist scarf.
    • Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt.1982, Claire Polakoff, African Textiles and Dyeing Techniques, Routledge, →ISBN, page 224

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Questions about lappas

What is lappas the plural of?
Lappas is the plural of lappa.

Words near lappas in the dictionary

  1. lapp'd
  2. lappa
  3. lappaceous
  4. lappaconitine
  5. Lappajärvi
  6. lappas
  7. lapped
  8. lapped up
  9. Lappeenranta
  10. lappel
  11. lappels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lappas (page history and authors); lappa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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