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wapped

wapped is the simple past and past participle of wap.

Meaning of wap

Verb

wap (third-person singular simple present waps, present participle wapping, simple past and past participle wapped)

  1. (UK) To beat; to whap.
    • Sir, he said, I saw nothing but the waters wap and the waves wan.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “How king Arthur commanded to cast his sword Excalibur into the water and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge”, in Le Morte d'Arthur, London: MacMillan & Co, published...
    Synonyms:
    attack
  2. (UK, archaic, thieves' cant) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    • Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129
    Synonyms:
    copulate
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To wrap or bind.

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Questions about wapped

What is wapped the simple past and past participle of?
Wapped is the simple past and past participle of wap.

Words near wapped in the dictionary

  1. wapp
  2. wappato
  3. wappatoes
  4. wappatoo
  5. wappatos
  6. wapped
  7. wappened
  8. Wappenham
  9. wappenschaw
  10. wappenshaw
  11. wappenshawing

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