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The correct spelling is pap.
How to pronounce pap
/pæp/
nounIPA: /pæp/
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The correct spelling is pap. Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. For example: "Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water."
Usage Examples
“Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.”
“Treasury pap”
“He is so pap and boring.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
- 2.Nonsense.
- 3.Porridge.
- 4.Support from official patronage.
- 5.The pulp of fruit.
verb
- 1.To feed with pap.
- 2.(usually in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
adjective
- 1.Spineless, wet, without character.
- 2.(South African slang) Flat.
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