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papping

papping is the present participle and gerund of pap.

Meaning of pap

Verb (1)

pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To feed with pap.
    • But I'll so pap him up - nothing too dear for him : What a sweet scent he has !c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Custome of the Countrey”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC...

Verb (2)

pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)

  1. (informal, usually passive voice) To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
    • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!

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Questions about papping

What is papping the present participle and gerund of?
Papping is the present participle and gerund of pap.

Words near papping in the dictionary

  1. pappiferous
  2. pappiform
  3. pappily
  4. Pappinbarra
  5. pappiness
  6. papping
  7. papple
  8. papples
  9. pappodoms
  10. papponymic
  11. papponymics

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