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Lap vs. Slap — What's the Difference?

Lap vs. Slap — What's the Difference?

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Lap

A lap is a surface (usually horizontal) created between the knee and hips of a biped when it is in a seated or lying down position. The lap of a parent or loved one is seen as a physically and psychologically comfortable place for a child to sit.In some countries where Christmas is celebrated, it has been a tradition for children to sit on the lap of a person dressed as Santa Claus to tell Santa what they want for Christmas, and have their picture taken, but this practice has since been questioned in some of these countries, where this sort of contact between children and unfamiliar adults raises concerns.Among adults, a person sitting on the lap of another usually indicates an intimate or romantic relationship between the two; this is a factor in the erotic activity in strip clubs known as a lap dance, where one person straddles the lap of the other and gyrates their lower extremities in a provocative manner.A Lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar played in a sitting position with the instrument placed horizontally across the player's knees.

Slap

A sharp blow made with the open hand or with a flat object; a smack.

Lap

The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person.

Slap

The sound of such a blow.

Lap

The portion of a garment that covers the lap.
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Slap

A sharp insult
A slap to one's pride.

Lap

A hanging or flaplike part, especially of a garment.

Slap

To strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object
Slapped him in the face.

Lap

An area of responsibility, interest, or control
An opportunity that dropped in his lap.

Slap

To cause to strike forcefully and loudly
"He took a clipping from his wallet and slapped it on the bar" (Nathanael West).

Lap

A part that overlaps.

Slap

To put or place quickly or carelessly
Slapped butter on a bagel.

Lap

The amount by which one part overlaps another.

Slap

To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order
Slapped him with a speeding ticket.
Slapped her with a lawsuit.

Lap

One complete round or circuit, especially of a racetrack.

Slap

To impose (a legal obligation) on someone
The judge slapped an additional fine on the unruly defendant.

Lap

One complete length of a straight course, as of a swimming pool.

Slap

To strike or beat with the force and sound of a slap
Waves slapping against the raft.

Lap

A segment or stage, as of a trip.

Slap

Directly and with force
Drove slap into the guardrail.

Lap

A length, as of rope, required to make one complete turn around something.

Slap

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.

Lap

The act of lapping or encircling.

Slap

(countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
The slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles

Lap

A continuous band or layer of cotton, flax, or other fiber.

Slap

The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

Lap

A wheel, disk, or slab of leather or metal, either stationary or rotating, used for polishing and smoothing.

Slap

Makeup; cosmetics.

Lap

The act or an instance of lapping.

Slap

An eye-catching sticker used in street art.

Lap

The amount taken in by lapping.

Slap

(transitive) To give a slap to.
She slapped him in response to the insult.

Lap

The sound of lapping.

Slap

(transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
He slapped the reins against the horse's back.

Lap

A watery food or drink.

Slap

(intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
The rain slapped against the window-panes.

Lap

To place or lay (something) so as to overlap another
Lapped the roof tiles so that water would run off.

Slap

To be excellent.
The band's new single slaps.

Lap

To lie partly over or on
Each shingle lapping the next.
Shadows that lapped the wall.

Slap

(transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.

Lap

To fold (something) over onto itself
A cloth edge that had been lapped and sewn to make a hem.

Slap

To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
I was slapped with a parking fine.

Lap

To wrap or wind around (something); encircle.

Slap

To play slap bass on (an instrument).

Lap

To envelop in something; swathe
Models who were lapped in expensive furs.

Slap

Exactly, precisely
He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.

Lap

To join (pieces, as of wood) by means of a scarf or lap joint.

Slap

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

Lap

(Sports) To get ahead of (an opponent) in a race by one or more complete circuits of the course, as in running, or by two or more lengths of a pool in swimming.

Slap

To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

Lap

To convert (cotton or other fibers) into a sheet or layer.

Slap

With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.

Lap

To polish (a surface) until smooth.

Slap

A blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

Lap

To hone (two mating parts) against each other until closely fitted.

Slap

The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

Lap

To lie partly on or over something; overlap.

Slap

Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand;
The impatient teacher slapped the student
A gunshot slapped him on the forehead

Lap

To form a lap or fold.

Slap

Directly;
He ran bang into the pole
Ran slap into her

Lap

To wind around or enfold something.

Lap

To take in (a liquid or food) by lifting it with the tongue.

Lap

To wash or slap against with soft liquid sounds
Waves lapping the side of the boat.

Lap

To take in a liquid or food with the tongue.

Lap

To wash against something with soft liquid sounds.

Lap

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lap

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

Lap

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.

Lap

(figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering

Lap

The upper legs of a seated person.
The boy was sitting on his mother's lap.

Lap

The female pudenda.

Lap

(construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

Lap

The act or process of lapping.

Lap

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
The lap of a board

Lap

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.
The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

Lap

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).

Lap

(sports) One circuit around a race track.
To run twenty laps
To drive the fastest lap in qualifying
To win by three laps

Lap

(swimming) The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again.
To swim two laps

Lap

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

Lap

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

Lap

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.

Lap

The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.

Lap

Liquor; alcoholic drink.

Lap

(transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

Lap

(transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

Lap

(transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
To lap a piece of cloth

Lap

(transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
To lap a bandage around a finger

Lap

(transitive) to envelop, enfold
Lapped in luxury

Lap

(intransitive) to wind around

Lap

(transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
One laps roof tiles so that water can run off.

Lap

(transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.

Lap

(intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
The cloth laps back.
The boats lap; the edges lap.

Lap

To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.

Lap

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

Lap

(ambitransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
Don’t lap your soup like that, you look like a dog.

Lap

To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

Lap

Clipping of laparoscopic

Lap

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lap

An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him.

Lap

The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps.

Lap

That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.

Lap

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

Lap

The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.

Lap

One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.

Lap

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; - so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

Lap

A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

Lap

A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.

Lap

The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

Lap

The sound of lapping.

Lap

To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To lap his head on lady's breast.

Lap

To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

Lap

To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

Lap

To wrap or wind around something.
About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk.

Lap

To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds.

Lap

To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.

Lap

To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

Lap

To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a flay.

Lap

To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore.

Lap

To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,And the wild water lapping on the crag.

Lap

To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
They 'II take suggestion as a cat laps milk.

Lap

The upper side of the thighs of a seated person;
He picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap

Lap

An area of control or responsibility;
The job fell right in my lap

Lap

The part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs;
His lap was covered with food stains

Lap

A flap that lies over another part;
The lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches

Lap

Movement once around a course;
He drove an extra lap just for insurance

Lap

Touching with the tongue;
The dog's laps were warm and wet

Lap

Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

Lap

Pass the tongue over;
The dog licked her hand

Lap

Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound;
The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
The curtain swooshed open

Lap

Take up with the tongue;
The cat lapped up the milk
The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast

Lap

Wash or flow against;
The waves laved the shore

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