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unlapping

unlapping is the present participle and gerund of unlap.

Meaning of unlap

Verb

unlap (third-person singular simple present unlaps, present participle unlapping, simple past and past participle unlapped)

  1. To unfold or unroll.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive, usually) To overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader).
    Antonyms:
    lap

Questions about unlapping

What is unlapping the present participle and gerund of?
Unlapping is the present participle and gerund of unlap.

Words near unlapping in the dictionary

  1. unlanguorous
  2. unlanterned
  3. unlap
  4. unlapelled
  5. unlapped
  6. unlapping
  7. unlaps
  8. unlapsed
  9. unlapsing
  10. unlarded
  11. unlarge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unlapping (page history and authors); unlap (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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