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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Examples of "pap" in Sentences

  • PAP packet embedded in a PPP frame.
  • According to the pap, nothing wrong.
  • The clinical course of PAP is unpredictable.
  • To the consternation of the PAP, Jeyaretnam won.
  • I moved the article to 'pap test' from 'pap smear'.
  • Unfortunately the introduction as it stands is pap.
  • This may be celebrity pap, but it's notable celebrity pap.
  • Additional capability of PAP can be found in the PAP article.
  • An anal Pap smear is the anal counterpart of the cervical Pap smear.
  • The fingers of the mother continue to push the pap beyond nutritional needs.

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