bap meaning (informal): definition, etymology and quotations

bap

intjalso spelled BAP

/bæp/

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

Informal The sound of a light blow or slap.

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.2006, Ashaki Boelter., The Nok, page 55:
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.2014, Rose McMills, Mountain Girl:

Derived terms: boom bap

bap

verb

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

Informal To hit lightly.

“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.2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin, →ISBN:
She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, →ISBN, page 385:

Derived terms: bappable

BAP

noun

US, Abbreviation, Acronym, Derogatory, Sometimes Acronym of Black American princess, an upper-class black woman with a spoiled or materialistic attitude.

[Condoleezza Rice is] a BAP—a bona fide Black American Princess—who exhibits all the telltale qualities of the category: a razor-sharp proficiency, cool manner and a good daughter's devotion to carrying out orders.2002 November 26, Adrienne Crew, “BAP like me”, in Salon, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2007:

Government, Military, Nautical, Politics, Transport, War Initialism The ship prefix for a ship from the navy of Peru

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of broader autism phenotype

bap

noun

Etymology Originally Scottish English, of unknown origin.

A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.

burger bap

Ireland, UK, In plural, Slang A woman's breast.

Ireland, Slang The head.

He lost the bap.
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.2014, Kelly Creighton, The Bones of It:

Humorous A friend or buddy.

Derived terms: chip bap

bap

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Korean 밥 (bap).

Cooked rice as part of Korean cuisine.

Related terms: ogok-bap

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