pap /pæp/noun 11adjective 3verb 2forms 6 noun11 •Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water. •(South-Africa) Porridge.Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai. •(Nigeria) A fermented cereal pudding made from corn, sorghum, or millet •Pablum or nonsense. •(informal) Clipping of paparazzo.As he made his way from the London hotel to his car, the singer threatened to beat up a pap who got in his way. — 2015 •(informal) Pa; father. •(informal, disapproving) Support from official patronage. •A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak. •The pulp of fruit.I hold it not amisse to take Pills in the pap of a rosted apple. — 1633 •(no longer used) A female breast or nipple.But th'other rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft displayd, / And all, that might his melting hart entise / To her delights, she vnto him bewrayd […] — 1590 •(no longer used) A man's breast.Adrianus the Emperour made his Physition to marke and take the just compasse of the mortall place about his pap, that so his aime might not faile him, to whom he had given charge to kill him. — 1603 adjective3 •(South-Africa, slang) Weak, feeble; lacking substance.His chest hangs like soft tits in his vest. He is pap. I could easily hit him. I could kill him if I wanted to. — 1975 •(South-Africa, slang) Spineless, wet, without character.He is so pap and boring. •(South-Africa, slang) Flat.I got a puncture and the wheel went pap. verb2 •(informal) To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again! •(no longer used) To feed with pap.But I'll so pap him up - nothing too dear for him : What a sweet scent he has ! — 1619 formspapped · papping · paps · Paps · more pap · most pap
PAP noun 9verb 1forms 1 noun9 •A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device. •Acronym of positive airway pressure. •Initialism of password authentication protocol. •Initialism of prostatic acid phosphatase. •polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester •Initialism of participatory anthropic principle. •Initialism of principle of alternate possibilities. •Abbreviation of past active participle. •Abbreviation of present active participle. verb1 •(Internet) Post a picture. formsPAPs
Pap noun1 •Ellipsis of Pap smear.If you have any abnormal symptoms, such as spotting between periods or bleeding after intercourse, keep pursuing the cause even if your last Pap was normal. — 1996 formsPaps