lapping
/ˈlæpɪŋ/
verb
- To drink by scooping up liquid with the tongue, as an animal does.
- The puppy was lapping water from the puddle after the rain.
- We watched the deer lapping at the stream in the early morning.
- The cat sat by the bowl, lapping up the milk.
- To wash or flow against something with a gentle, repeated sound.
- She fell asleep to the sound of water lapping on the shore.
- Rainwater was lapping at the doorstep during the storm.
- The waves were lapping against the side of the boat.
- To overtake and pass a competitor by one full circuit in a race.
- The champion runner started lapping the slower athletes in the final mile.
- He was so fast that he ended up lapping several of his opponents.
- In the last lap, the leading car began lapping the back markers.
- To fold or wrap something around another thing, or to overlap.
- The shingles on the roof are lapping over each other to keep out water.
- She carefully lapped the bandage around his injured wrist.
- He lapped the rope around the post to secure the boat.
noun
- The act or sound of liquid moving gently against a surface.
- We could hear the gentle lapping of the water from our tent.
- The only sound was the soft lapping of the tide on the sand.
- The lapping of the lake against the dock was very soothing.
- A thin layer or covering that overlaps another, or the amount of overlap.
- He measured the lapping of the tiles to ensure a proper fit.
- The lapping of the metal sheets kept the roof watertight.
- The carpenter checked the lapping of the wooden planks.