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(dăp) pronunciation
intr.v., dapped, dap·ping, daps.
  1. To fish by letting a baited hook fall gently onto the water.
  2. To dip lightly or quickly into water, as a bird does.
  3. To skip or bounce, especially over the surface of water.

[Probably alteration of DAB1.]


(1) (Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to gain access to an X.500 directory listing. See LDAP. See also DAAP.

(2) (Digital Audio Player) See digital music player.

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verb

    To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: carom, glance, graze, ricochet, skim, skip. See strike/miss.

A notch in a timber for receiving another timber or into which the head of a pile is fitted.


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to skip or bounce, as a stone off the surface of a lake; hence dapping, the act of skimming stones
mod. well-dressed. (From dapper.)  Man, you look so dap!


abbr. for diaminopimelate.

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Dap or DAP may refer to:

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  • Dap greeting, a form of greeting in which two people slap and grasp hands briefly; also called a 'fist bump'
  • Delivered at Place, one of the rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for general modes of transportation
  • Daps or plimsoll shoe
  • Dapping or sinking, a metalworking technique
  • Direct-Action Penetrator, an armed version of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter

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