[lap] 
verb, lapped, lap⋅ping, noun | 1. | (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline. |
| 2. | to take in (liquid) with the tongue; lick in: to lap water from a bowl. |
| 3. | to wash or move in small waves with a light, slapping or splashing sound: The water lapped gently against the mooring. |
| 4. | to take up liquid with the tongue; lick up a liquid. |
| 5. | the act of lapping liquid. |
| 6. | the lapping of water against something. |
| 7. | the sound of this: the quiet lap of the sea on the rocks. |
| 8. | something lapped up, as liquid food for dogs. |
| 9. | lap up,
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