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pap

1

[pap]

noun

  1. soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk.

  2. an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value.

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pap

2

[pap]

noun

Chiefly Dialect.
  1. a teat; nipple.

  2. something resembling a teat or nipple.

pap

1

/ æ /

noun

  1. dialecta nipple or teat

    1. something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops

    2. ( capital as part of a name )

      the Pap of Glencoe

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pap

2

/ æ /

noun

  1. any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash

  2. porridge made from maize

  3. worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel

    intellectual pap

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pap

3

/ æ /

verb

  1. (of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • paplike adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pap1

1400–50; late Middle English; a nursery word akin to Dutch pap, German Pappe, Latin, Italian pappa

Origin of pap2

1150–1200; Middle English pappe; compare dialectal Norwegian, Swedish pappe, Latin papilla ( papilla ), Lithuanian ã貹, all from a base *pap- ; akin to pap 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pap1

C12: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka

Origin of pap2

C15: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa

Origin of pap3

C20: from paparazzo
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“I didn't know what to tell people about why I was taking the day off work … The nurses who were putting in my IV were like, ‘It says you're here for a pap smear.

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The two have cheered each other on via their social media accounts, and strategically pap walked through multiple girls' nights out.

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Another plaintiff in the recent case, identified as Jane Doe #2, alleged that Lee became “visibly angry and hostile” when she refused to get a pap smear from him in 2022.

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The sport’s devotees even have a term for the mix: “border paps.”

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She also couldn’t complete pap smear exams and she found penetrative sex to be painful.

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