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pap
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[pap] 
–noun
| 1. | soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk. |
| 2. | an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; a nursery word akin to D pap, G Pappe, L, It pappa
1400–50; late ME; a nursery word akin to D pap, G Pappe, L, It pappa
Related forms:
paplike, adjective
Synonyms:
2. drivel, balderdash, twaddle.
2. drivel, balderdash, twaddle.
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| pap 1 (pāp) n.
[Middle English pappe, probably from Latin papilla; see papilla.] |
| pap 2 (pāp) n.
[Middle English, from Old French papa, from Latin, children's word for food.] |
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Pap
Pap\, n. [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. --Dryden. The paps which thou hast sucked. --Luke xi. 27. 2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon. --Macaulay.Pap
Pap\, n. [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.]1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water. 2. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous] 3. The pulp of fruit. --Ainsworth.Pap
Pap\, v. t. To feed with pap. --Beau. & Fl.
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Language Translation for : pap
Spanish:
cartón,
German:
der Karton,
Japanese:
ボール紙
pap (1)
"soft food for infants," c.1430, from O.Fr. papa "watered gruel," from L. pappa, a widespread word in children's language for "food" (e.g. M.H.G., Du. pap, Ger. Pappe), imitative of an infant's noise when hungry; possibly associated with pap (2) (q.v.). Meaning "over-simplified idea" first recorded 1548.
pap (2)
"nipple of a woman's breast," c.1200, first attested in Northern and Midlands writing, probably from a Scand. source (not recorded in O.N., but cf. dial. Swed. pappe), from PIE imitative base *pap- "to swell" (cf. L. papilla "nipple," papula "a swelling, pimple;" Lith. papas "nipple").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: PAP
Function: abbreviation
personal automobile policy
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: pap
Pronunciation: 'pap
Function: noun
: a soft food (as for infants)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pap (pāp)
n.
Soft or semiliquid food, as for infants.
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PAP
1.
2.
(1996-03-23)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Pap
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PAP
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