frap
See also: FRAP
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: frappe
Etymology 1
From Old French fraper.
Verb
frap (third-person singular simple present fraps, present participle frapping, simple past and past participle frapped)
- (nautical) To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- 1941, Boy Scout Tests and How to Pass Them, Boy Scouts Association, page 20:
- Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too.
- (transitive) To strike or beat.
- 1971, MotorBoating, volume 128, number 5, page 98:
- Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!
Etymology 2
Clipping.
Noun
frap (plural fraps)
- (informal) Clipping of frappuccino.
- 2005, Information Week, numbers 1020-1036:
- Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]
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