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Frap
//fɹæp// noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of frappuccino. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
"Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]"
- 2 Abbreviation of frenetic random activity period (of a housepet). abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Verb
- 1 To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
"Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too."
- 2 take up the slack of wordnet
- 3 To strike or beat. transitive
"Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!"
- 4 make secure by lashing wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper.
Etymology 2
Clipping.
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