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dap

1

[ dap ]

verb (used without object)

dapped, dapping.
  1. to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
  2. to dip lightly or suddenly into water:

    The bird dapped for the fish.

  3. to bounce or skip, as on the surface of a body of water:

    The stone dapped along the surface of the pond.



verb (used with object)

dapped, dapping.
  1. to cause to dip in and out of water:

    to dap one's bait.

  2. to cause to skip along the surface of water:

    to dap stones across the river.

  3. Carpentry. to notch (a timber) to receive part of another timber.

noun

  1. Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.

dap

2

[ dap ]

noun

  1. a stylized gesture of greeting, congratulation, or solidarity in which two people join hands in a nontraditional handshake grip, bump fists, snap fingers, etc., often concluding with a one-armed hug:

    players giving dap and high-fives to fans after the game.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to greet, congratulate, or express solidarity with (a person) in this way (often followed by up ): Hey man, I haven’t seen you in ages—come over here and dap me up!

    When an old friend got assigned to my project at work, it was hard to know whether we should dap or shake hands.

    Hey man, I haven’t seen you in ages—come over here and dap me up!

DAP

1

abbreviation for

  1. distributed array processor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dap

2

/ æ /

verb

  1. angling to fish with a natural or artificial fly on a floss silk line so that the wind makes the fly bob on and off the surface of the water
  2. intr (as of a bird) to dip lightly into water
  3. to bounce or cause to bounce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dap

3

/ æ /

noun

  1. dialect.
    another word for plimsoll
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dap1

First recorded in 1575–85; probably variant of dab 1

Origin of dap2

First recorded in 1970–75; originally African American Vernacular English and used by African American soldiers during the Vietnam War; further origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of dab 1( def ) or tap 1( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of dap1

C17: of imitative origin

Origin of dap2

C20: probably special use of dap 1(in the sense: to bounce, skip)
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Example Sentences

That echoed concerns voiced by DAP Health, which operates 25 clinics in Riverside and San Diego counties, including many in the Coachella Valley, which has a large gay population and where the HIV rate is four times the national average.

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“This ‘cost-saving’ strategy of decimating the CDC’s HIV prevention program will only increase costs, both human and financial,” David Brinkman, the CEO of DAP Health, said in a statement.

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Tobe, chief transformation officer for DAP Health, said the Trump administration’s potential change of course seemed inexplicable.

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Back at his familiar post, he had a chance to dap up old classmates from Lewiston High—Fazla had served as class president—as they came by for late-night snacks.

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The writer of this article is an employee of DAP Health.

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