pap
IPA: pˈæp
noun
- (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
- (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; pablum.
- (South Africa) Porridge.
- (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.
- The pulp of fruit.
- (archaic) A female breast or nipple.
- (now rare, archaic) A man's breast.
- A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
- (informal) Pa; father.
- (Singapore, Singlish, derogatory) Pay And Pay (nickname for the People's Action Party)
- (organic chemistry) polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester
- (philosophy) principle of alternate possibilities
- participatory anthropic principle
- (by extension) A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device
- Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).
- (informal) Clipping of paparazzo. [A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.]
- (Singapore) Initialism of People's Action Party.
- (PRC) Initialism of People's Armed Police.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of past active participle.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of present active participle.
- (medicine) Acronym of positive airway pressure. (PAP ventilation)
- Ellipsis of Pap smear. [(chiefly gynaecology) A screening test meant to detect pre-cancerous and cancerous cells by taking a sample (‘smear’) of cells from the cervix.]
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To feed with pap.
- (informal, usually passive voice) To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
- (acronym, Internet slang, text messaging) post a picture
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of PAP (“post a picture”). [(acronym, Internet slang, text messaging) post a picture]
adjective
- (South Africa, slang) Weak, feeble; lacking substance.
- (South Africa, slang) Spineless, wet, without character.
- (South Africa, slang) Flat.
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