Definition of Lap up

1. Verb. Take up with the tongue. "The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

Exact synonyms: Lap, Lick
Generic synonyms: Drink, Imbibe
Derivative terms: Lap

Definition of Lap up

1. Verb. To consume by lapping ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To revel in, to overtly enjoy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap Up

lap danced
lap dancer
lap dances
lap dancing
lap dog
lap joint
lap of honor
lap of honour
lap of luxury
lap of the gods
lap pool
lap record
lap records
lap sash seatbelt
lap sash seatbelts
lap up (current term)
laparatomy
laparectomy
laparo-
laparocele
laparoceles
laparogastroscopy
laparohystero-oophorectomy
laparohysteropexy
laparohysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
laparohysterotomy
laparomyomectomy
laparomyositis
laparorrhaphy

Literary usage of Lap up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"Lap, Lap-up [lanp-uop], v. (1) to fold ; to wrap uр in a parcel ; (2) to cease working; (3) to hush up a misdeed. ' N00 then ! lap it u¡' nicely an i.ut it ..."

2. Literary Essays by Richard Holt Hutton (1888)
"he shouted with grim delight; ' I lap up the blood of the slain !' The idea captivated him ; he was continually repeating the words ; and he often took ..."

3. Essays, Theological and Literary by Richard Holt Hutton (1880)
"he shouted out with grim delight; ' I lap up the blood of the slain !' The idea captivated him ; he was continually repeating the words ; and he often took ..."

4. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Lap, Lap-up [loap-uop], v. (1) to fold ; to wrap up in a parcel ; (2) to cease ... Ahn't yä boon tl lap-up fo' neet 'i ' ' Tom gat his leg ower thraces' ..."

5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Lap, and lap up, va, var. of 'wrap,' ' wrap up.' " Wlap."—WYC. ... "Did lap up figs and raisins in the Strand." BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, St. of the BP, V. 2. ..."

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