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