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lappy

lappy noun: a laptop computer.

Noun

lappy (plural lappies)

  1. (informal) A laptop computer.
  2. (informal) A lapdance.
  3. (Yorkshire) the lapwing.
  4. (informal) A lapphund

Adjective

lappy (comparative more lappy, superlative most lappy)

  1. (jargon) of glass, having strata due to the pour being inconsistent, of molten glass having such an inconsistency, generally due to returned lumps of glass still being at different temperatures.
    • Lappy glass means nothing else than the glass already in the pot or in the melting furnace in different stratas of different constituencies, consequently if this glass is rolled out … as a rule is very hard to manipulate with the diamonds for cutting, and if the lappy condition is very great the...1912 Western Glass Co. v. Schmertz Wire-Glass Co. & Mississippi Wire Glass Co, US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Defendant's Evidence, Deposition of Clement J. Jungers, reproduced in Supreme Court of...

Forms of lappy

Noun
plurallappies
Adjective
comparativemore lappy
superlativemost lappy

Origin of lappy

Shortened forms + -y.

Questions about lappy

What does lappy mean?
Lappy means a laptop computer.
What part of speech is lappy?
Lappy can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of lappy?
The plural of lappy is lappies.

Words near lappy in the dictionary

  1. Lapponian Herder
  2. Lapponian Herders
  3. Lapponians
  4. Lapponic
  5. Lapps
  6. lappy
  7. Laprade
  8. Laprades
  9. Laprairie
  10. Laprairies
  11. laprine

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