pap
verb/pæp/
/pæp/
(British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pap | /pæp/ /pæp/ |
| he / she / it paps | /pæps/ /pæps/ |
| past simple papped | /pæpt/ /pæpt/ |
| past participle papped | /pæpt/ /pæpt/ |
| -ing form papping | /ˈpæpɪŋ/ /ˈpæpɪŋ/ |
- pap somebody to follow a famous person around and take a photograph of them without their permission
- She can't even go to the gym without being papped.
Word OriginLate Middle English: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pappe, probably based on Latin pappare ‘eat’.Want to learn more?
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