Lap
noun
The top surface of your thighs when you are sitting down.
The cat jumped onto her lap.
Often appears as...
- sit on lap
- cat in lap
noun
One complete trip around a racetrack or course in a race.
He completed five laps around the track.
Often appears as...
- lap time
- final lap
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Sports
verb
With their tongue, when an animal drinks water.
The dog lapped up the water.
Often appears as...
- lap up water
- cat lapping
verb
When one thing covers over part of another.
The curtains lapped over each other.
Often appears as...
- lap over
- curtain lap
verb
In a race, when you go faster and pass someone who is in the same race.
He lapped the other runners twice.
Often appears as...
- lap opponent
- runner lapped
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Sports
noun
The top surface of your thighs when you are sitting down.
The cat jumped onto her lap.
Often appears as...
- sit on lap
- cat in lap
noun
One complete trip around a racetrack or course in a race.
He completed five laps around the track.
Often appears as...
- lap time
- final lap
Usage tips
Sports
verb
With their tongue, when an animal drinks water.
The dog lapped up the water.
Often appears as...
- lap up water
- cat lapping
verb
When one thing covers over part of another.
The curtains lapped over each other.
Often appears as...
- lap over
- curtain lap
verb
In a race, when you go faster and pass someone who is in the same race.
He lapped the other runners twice.
Often appears as...
- lap opponent
- runner lapped
Usage tips
Sports
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Affectionate Gestures
Used to describe situations where someone sits on another person's lap as a sign of affection.
The child found comfort in her mother's lap.
Pro Tip 2/2Place for Objects
'Lap' can also refer to a place for holding objects while sitting.
She placed her sewing kit in her lap.
Pro Tip 1/2Affectionate Gestures
Used to describe situations where someone sits on another person's lap as a sign of affection.
The child found comfort in her mother's lap.
Pro Tip 2/2Place for Objects
'Lap' can also refer to a place for holding objects while sitting.
She placed her sewing kit in her lap.
Pro Tip 1/2Affectionate Gestures
Used to describe situations where someone sits on another person's lap as a sign of affection.
The child found comfort in her mother's lap.
Pro Tip 2/2Place for Objects
'Lap' can also refer to a place for holding objects while sitting.
She placed her sewing kit in her lap.
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this incredible freedom of choice we have with respect to work, is that we have to make a decision, again and again and again, about whether we should or shouldn't be working. We can go to watch our kid play soccer, and we have our cell phone on one hip and our Blackberry on our other hip, and our laptop, presumably, on our laps.
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The secret to desire in...
or our need for togetherness and for autonomy, and if you think about the little kid who sits on your lap and who is cozily nested here and very secure and comfortable, and at some point all of us need to go out into the world to discover and to explore. That's the beginning of desire,
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I grew up in the...
This was the focus of our whole lives. This was the only way for me to do good in a world that sits in Satan's lap. And like the rest of my 10 siblings, I believed what I was taught with all my heart, and I pursued Westboro's agenda with a special sort of zeal.
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oh no supervisor wow she's so heavy my darling I have to say Shelly in a whole lifetime working with animals this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen you are sitting with a hippo on your lap in your front room how on earth
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In fact, everything was better than fine. These people who had lifelong fears of snakes were saying things like, "Look how beautiful that snake is." And they were holding it in their laps.
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Would winning the...
people who donated tended to be happier than those who didn't. But this may all be easier said than done. Let's say a million dollars falls into your lap tomorrow. What do you do with it?
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The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace, getting closer, and closer, and closer. Until...whack!
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Expanding our definition...
right at one point I'm back here it's it's some laps not helping is it I'm back here the multi-directional microphone in the
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throttle
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throng
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
this incredible freedom of choice we have with respect to work, is that we have to make a decision, again and again and again, about whether we should or shouldn't be working. We can go to watch our kid play soccer, and we have our cell phone on one hip and our Blackberry on our other hip, and our laptop, presumably, on our laps.
Video examples
The secret to desire in...
or our need for togetherness and for autonomy, and if you think about the little kid who sits on your lap and who is cozily nested here and very secure and comfortable, and at some point all of us need to go out into the world to discover and to explore. That's the beginning of desire,
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I grew up in the...
This was the focus of our whole lives. This was the only way for me to do good in a world that sits in Satan's lap. And like the rest of my 10 siblings, I believed what I was taught with all my heart, and I pursued Westboro's agenda with a special sort of zeal.
Video examples
Daredevil Cuddles With...
oh no supervisor wow she's so heavy my darling I have to say Shelly in a whole lifetime working with animals this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen you are sitting with a hippo on your lap in your front room how on earth
Video examples
How to build your...
In fact, everything was better than fine. These people who had lifelong fears of snakes were saying things like, "Look how beautiful that snake is." And they were holding it in their laps.
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Would winning the...
people who donated tended to be happier than those who didn't. But this may all be easier said than done. Let's say a million dollars falls into your lap tomorrow. What do you do with it?
Video examples
The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace, getting closer, and closer, and closer. Until...whack!
Video examples
Expanding our definition...
right at one point I'm back here it's it's some laps not helping is it I'm back here the multi-directional microphone in the
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throttle
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throng
Example 1 of 10
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we're lucky, it lasts... if not, then it's in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did. They said I had to be six, but if I could swim a lap, then I could participate. So I swam a lap, and the rest is history.
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Michael Waltrip
American Driver
I think people - especially folks who haven't seen a lot of NASCAR - they get this idea that we're just going around in circles. And that's so far from the truth. You're running as hard as you can to get all you can every lap.
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William Gurnall
English Author
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
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Marlee Matlin
American Actress
The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.
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Rob Cross
English Celebrity
In life you cannot expect things to fall into your lap, you have got to work hard.
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Aileen Quinn
American Actress
Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. I'm very blessed that way.
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Kevin James
American Comedian
There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
I've grown up in the lap of the world.
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we're lucky, it lasts... if not, then it's in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year.
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Summer Sanders
American Athlete
I started swimming when I was four because my brother wanted to join a swim team, and I wanted to do what he did. They said I had to be six, but if I could swim a lap, then I could participate. So I swam a lap, and the rest is history.
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Michael Waltrip
American Driver
I think people - especially folks who haven't seen a lot of NASCAR - they get this idea that we're just going around in circles. And that's so far from the truth. You're running as hard as you can to get all you can every lap.
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William Gurnall
English Author
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
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Marlee Matlin
American Actress
The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
Sitting on a plastic chair at night listening to the sea lapping below while sipping a cold beer is about as good as life gets.
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Rob Cross
English Celebrity
In life you cannot expect things to fall into your lap, you have got to work hard.
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Aileen Quinn
American Actress
Sometimes in life, things just fall in to my lap. I'm very blessed that way.
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Kevin James
American Comedian
There's no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.
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Carmen Dell'Orefice
American Model
I've grown up in the lap of the world.
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