dap

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See also: DAP, dåp, and đạp

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from the sound made when a person runs while wearing daps.

Pronunciation

Noun

dap (plural daps)

  1. (West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.
    • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 169:
      I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.

Verb

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  1. (Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
    I'll just dap down to the shop.
  2. (metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.
  3. (fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

Etymology 2

US 1971,[1] originally by black soldiers during the Vietnam war,[2] associated with Black Power movement. Originally an elaborate handshake, later specifically a fistbump.

Verb originally give dap. Presumably onomatopoeic,[3] or influenced by tap, dab,[4] etc. Alternatively, from earlier slang usage as abbreviation of dapper. Also explained as an acronym, such as “Dignity for Afro People”[5] or “Dignity And Pride”;[6] this may be a backronym or unrelated,[4] but accords with phrasal use as “give DAP” (compare “give respect”). More speculative etymologies derive it from Vietnamese đẹp (“beautiful”),[7] though this is unlikely.

Noun

dap (plural daps)

  1. (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
    • 1971, London Magazine, Volume 11, p. 33:
      ... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) ...
    • 1972, Sepia, Volume 21, p. 80:
      These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.
  2. A fistbump.
    Synonym: dab

Verb

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  1. To greet with a dap.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Mark Jury, The Vietnam photo book (1971), p. 27
  2. ^ The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, p. 271
  3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, p. 383
  5. ^ Donald Kirk, Tell it to the Dead: Stories of a War (1975), p. 235
  6. ^ Hamilton, LaMont (2014). "Five on the Black Hand Side: Origins and Evolutions of the Dap." Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Smithsonian Institution.
  7. ^ Encyclopedia of African American History, p. 1080

Anagrams

Romanian

Pronunciation

Interjection

dap

  1. Informal form of da.

Yola

Noun

dap

  1. tap, touch

References

  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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