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LAP UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lap up mean?
• LAP UP (verb)
The verb LAP UP has 1 sense:
1. take up with the tongue
Familiarity information: LAP UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take up with the tongue
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
Context example:
the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
Hypernyms (to "lap up" is one way to...):
drink; imbibe (take in liquids)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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