unlap

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lap.

Verb

unlap (third-person singular simple present unlaps, present participle unlapping, simple past and past participle unlapped)

1. To unfold or unroll.
2. (intransitive, usually reflexive, motor racing) To overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader).

   Antonym: lap

Translations

motor racing

• Spanish: desdoblar (es)

References

• “unlap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ulpan