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pap 1
(păp)n. Archaic
1. A teat or nipple.
2. Something resembling a teat or nipple, such as a steep hill.
[Middle English pappe, probably from Latin papilla; see papilla.]
pap 2
(păp)n.
1. Soft or semiliquid food, as for infants.
2. Material lacking real value or substance: TV shows that offer nothing but pap.
3. Slang Money and favors obtained as political patronage: "self-seeking politicians primarily interested in patronage, privilege, and pap" (Fiorello H. La Guardia).
[Middle English, from Old French papa, from Latin, children's word for food.]
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pap
(pæp)n
1. any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash
2. (Cookery) South African porridge made from maize
3. worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel: intellectual pap.
[C15: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappāre to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa]
pap
(pæp)n
1. (Anatomy) dialect Scot and Northern English a nipple or teat
2. (Physical Geography)
a. something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops
b. (capital as part of a name): the Pap of Glencoe.
[C12: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka]
pap
(pæp)n
a paparazzo
vb (tr) , paps, papping or papped
(of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)
[C20: from paparazzo]
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pap1
(pæp)n.
1. soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in milk.
2. ideas, writings, or the like, lacking substance or real value.
[1400–50; late Middle English; nursery word akin to Dutch pap, German Pappe, Latin, Italian pappa]
pap2
(pæp)n. Chiefly Dial.
a teat or nipple or something resembling one.
[1150–1200; Middle English pappe; compare dial. Norwegian, Swedish pappe, Latin papilla (see papilla), Lithuanian pãpas, all from a base *pap-; akin to pap1]
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| Noun | 1. | pap - worthless or oversimplified ideas |
| 2. |  pap - a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disordersdiet - a prescribed selection of foods Pablum - a soft form of cereal for infants | |
| 3. |  pap - the small projection of a mammary glandreproductive organ, sex organ - any organ involved in sexual reproduction mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals |
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pap
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pap
noun1. Something fit to be eaten:
2. That which sustains the mind or spirit:
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pap
n (= food) → Brei m
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