fap

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Late 16th century.

Adjective

fap (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Drunk.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     BARDOLPH: Why, sir, for my part, I say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences. / EVANS: It is his 'five senses'; fie, what the ignorance is! / BARDOLPH: And being fap, sir, was, as they say, cashier'd; and so conclusions passed the careires.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:drunk

Etymology 2

Echoic Internet neologism from the sound of male masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.

Interjection

fap

1. (informal, Internet slang) To indicate that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.

   I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!

   She's single?... *fap fap fap*

Verb

fap (third-person singular simple present faps, present participle fapping, simple past and past participle fapped)

1. (slang) To masturbate.
   • 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury 2015, p. 39:

     For what reason – other than a knowing sadistic streak – would they have named something millions of teenage girls were fapping themselves senseless with ‘Mum’?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:masturbate

Descendants

• Russian: фапать (fapatʹ)

Noun

fap (plural faps)

1. (slang, countable) A session of masturbation.

   I was horny, so I had a quick fap in the public restroom.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, uncountable, rare) Pornography.

   I've just downloaded loads of fap for while I'm away.

Derived terms

• fappable
• Fappening
• fapworthy
• fappy

Anagrams

• AFP, PFA