Definition of Lapping

Noun: lapping  la-ping

1. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
   - imbrication, overlapping

1. Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
    
2. Pass the tongue over
   "the dog lapped her hand";
   - lick
    
3. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
   "The bubbles lapped around in the glass";
   - swish, swosh, swoosh
    
4. Take up with the tongue
   "The cat lapped up the milk";
   - lap up, lick
    
5. (of a liquid, esp. water) flow against
   "the waves lapped the shore";
   - lave, wash
    
6. (sports) overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them

See also:
Lappic
Lappish

Anagrams containing the word lapping

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