bap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bap"

Translingual

Symbol

bap

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bantawa.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bantawa terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæp/

• Audio (Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Originally Scottish English, of unknown origin.

Noun

bap (plural baps)

1. A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.

   burger bap

2. (UK, Ireland, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breast

3. (Ireland, Belfast, slang) The head.

   He lost the bap. ― He became angry.

   • 2014, Kelly Creighton, The Bones of It:

     Mrs Dudley came bouncing back, hand swinging, big stain on her right bap like she'd been shot or Da had got at her in an alleyway.

4. (humorous) A friend or buddy.

Derived terms

• chip bap

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

bap

1. (informal) The sound of a light blow or slap.
   • 2006, Ashaki Boelter., The Nok, page 55:

     Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not.
     BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian.

   • 2014, Rose McMills, Mountain Girl:

     Elizabeth continued into the living room and saw Velvet napping on the cool linoleum under the dining room table. She stopped to stroke her silky side and the puppy's tail went bap, bap, bap against the floor in greeting.

Derived terms

• boom bap

Verb

bap (third-person singular simple present baps, present participle bapping, simple past and past participle bapped)

1. (informal, transitive) To hit lightly.
   • 2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers.

   • 2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, →ISBN, page 385:

     She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]

Derived terms

• bappable

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Korean 밥 (bap).

Noun

bap (uncountable)

1. Cooked rice as part of Korean cuisine.

Related terms

• ogok-bap

Anagrams

• Abp, PAB, APB, ABP, abp., Abp., BPA, PBA

Ghomala'

Noun

bap class 1 (singular of mbap class 4)

1. meat
2. animal

   Pusí bə́ bap. ― A cat is an animal.

References

• Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English bap.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbap/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbap/

Interjection

bap

1. (onomatopoeia) pow (A violent impact, like a punch)

Romansh

Alternative forms

• bab (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Late Latin *babbus. Compare Sardinian babbu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baːp]

Noun

bap m (plural baps)

1. (Puter, Vallader) father

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باب (bâb), from Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Noun

bap (definite accusative babı, plural baplar)

1. (archaic) door, gate

   Synonym: kapı

2. chapter

   Synonym: bölüm

3. topic, subject, issue, matter

Declension

Declension of bap

singular plural nominative bap baplar definite accusative babı bapları dative baba baplara locative bapta baplarda ablative baptan baplardan genitive babın bapların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular babım baplarım 2nd singular babın bapların 3rd singular babı bapları 1st plural babımız baplarımız 2nd plural babınız baplarınız 3rd plural bapları bapları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular babımı baplarımı 2nd singular babını baplarını 3rd singular babını baplarını 1st plural babımızı baplarımızı 2nd plural babınızı baplarınızı 3rd plural baplarını baplarını dative singular plural 1st singular babıma baplarıma 2nd singular babına baplarına 3rd singular babına baplarına 1st plural babımıza baplarımıza 2nd plural babınıza baplarınıza 3rd plural baplarına baplarına locative singular plural 1st singular babımda baplarımda 2nd singular babında baplarında 3rd singular babında baplarında 1st plural babımızda baplarımızda 2nd plural babınızda baplarınızda 3rd plural baplarında baplarında ablative singular plural 1st singular babımdan baplarımdan 2nd singular babından baplarından 3rd singular babından baplarından 1st plural babımızdan baplarımızdan 2nd plural babınızdan baplarınızdan 3rd plural baplarından baplarından genitive singular plural 1st singular babımın baplarımın 2nd singular babının baplarının 3rd singular babının baplarının 1st plural babımızın baplarımızın 2nd plural babınızın baplarınızın 3rd plural baplarının baplarının

References

• “bap”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	bap
Cyrillic	бап
Arabic	باب

Etymology

From Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Noun

bap (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. chapter

Further reading

• “bap” in Enedilim.com
• “bap” in Webonary.org

Volapük

Noun

bap

1. lowness