dap

plural daps

1. WalesWest Countryplural normallySomerset; Bristol; Somerset; BristolA plimsoll.

   I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.

   1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 169

2. businessA notch cut in one timber to receive another.
3. slangVulva or vagina.

present singular third person daps · participle present dapping · participle past dapped · past dapped

1. BristolTo run or go somewhere quickly.

   I'll just dap down to the shop.

2. artsTo create a hollow indentation.
3. fishingTo drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

plural daps

1. originallyElaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.

   These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.

   1972, Sepia, volume 21, page 80

   1 more example

   ... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) ...

   1971, London Magazine, volume 11, page 33

2. A fist bump.

   Synonyms: dab

present singular third person daps · participle present dapping · participle past dapped · past dapped

1. To greet with a dap.

1. abbreviationinitialismMalaysian politicsInitialism of Democratic Action Party, a Malaysian centre-left political party.

plural DAPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of digital audio player.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountablevulgarlifestyleInitialism of double anal penetration.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Delivered At Place.