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pap

The correct spelling is pap.

How to pronounce pap

/pæp/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
  2. 2.Nonsense.
  3. 3.Porridge.
  4. 4.Support from official patronage.
  5. 5.The pulp of fruit.

verb

  1. 1.To feed with pap.
  2. 2.(usually in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.

adjective

  1. 1.Spineless, wet, without character.
  2. 2.(South African slang) Flat.

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