Dictionary Definition
pap
Noun
1 worthless or oversimplified ideas [syn:
pablum]
2 a diet that does not require chewing; advised
for those with intestinal disorders [syn: soft diet,
spoon
food]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /pæp/
- Rhymes with: -æp
Etymology 1
Origins unclear. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, Old French papa/pape, and Latin pappa, among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct.Noun
Adjective
- (South African slang): Spineless, wet, without character.
- He is so pap and boring.
Translations
(colloquial) nonsense
Etymology 2
Circa 12th century, possibly from an Old Norse source, but no possible etymons are recorded until much later. See also Latin papilla.Noun
Translations
Noun
Etymology 4
Adjective
- (South African slang): Flat
- I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.
Etymology 5
From paparazzoVerb
- (usually in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone,
especially a celebrity) without their consent.
- Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!
Hungarian
Etymology
From a language, compare pop.Noun
hu-noun okExtensive Definition
PAP can mean:
People
- King Pap of Armenia
- Arthur Pap, philosopher
- The nickname of Mike Papantonio, a Florida-based trial attorney and co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio
- Pap Finn, Huck's father in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Places
- Pap, a village in northeastern Hungary
- PAP, the IATA airport code for Port-au-Prince International Airport
- Port-au-Prince, capital city of Haiti
- Pap (city), a city in Uzbekistan
Organizations
- Pan-African Parliament, legislative body of the African Union
- Partido Aprista Peruano, political party in Peru
- People's Action Party, political party in Singapore
- People's Armed Police, police force in the People's Republic of China
- Polska Agencja Prasowa, news agency in Poland
- Promociones Antonio Peña, professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico
- Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, house of elected representatives in Pakistan
Technology
- Password authentication protocol, for identifying computer users to a remote server
- Picture and Picture, two image sources displayed side by side on a television screen
- Plastic Animation Paper, 2D animation software
- Plug-and-play, automated computer hardware configuration
- Push Access Protocol, part of the Wireless Application Protocol suite
- PEX-AL-PEX, a special type of Cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe with the additional layer of aluminum
Biology and medicine
- Polyadenine polymerase, enzyme involved in messenger RNA processing
- Polyadenylate polymerase, enzyme involved in creation of mRNA tails
- Positive airway pressure, method of respiratory ventilation used primarily in the treatment of sleep apnea
- Prostatic acid phosphatase
- Pulmonary Arterial Pressure
- Purple acid phosphatases
- Phosphatidic acid phosphatase
Other
- Pablum, cereal for infants
- pap, the ISO 639 individual language code for the Caribbean language of Papiamento or Papiamentu
- Pap (food), type of South African food
- Pap smear, method for detecting abnormalities in the cells of a woman's cervix
- Personal auto policy, a vehicle insurance term
- PAP, Principle of Alternate Possibilities, Philosophy of the Mind
- Primes in arithmetic progression, prime numbers with the same difference
pap in Catalan: PAP
pap in Czech: PAP
pap in German: PAP
pap in Esperanto: PAP
pap in French: PAP
pap in Italian: PAP
pap in Dutch: PAP
pap in Japanese: PAP
pap in Polish: PAP
pap in Kölsch: PAP (Watt ėßß datt?)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abba,
acid-ash diet, albumen,
aliment, alimentation, allergy diet,
bag, batter, bland diet, bonnyclabber, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, butter, calorie chart, calorie
counter, chest, clabber, cornstarch, cream, crop, curd, dad, daddy, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, dough, dug, egg white, father, foster father, garbage, gaum, gel, gelatin, genitor, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, governor, gruel, gumbo, gunk, high-protein diet,
high-vitamin diet, jam,
jell, jelly, keep, knockers, loblolly, low-carbohydrate
diet, low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary
gland, mammilla,
mammillation,
molasses, mucilage, mucus, nenes, nipple, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, old man, pa, pabulum, papa, papilla, pappy, paste, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pigeon breast,
pop, pops, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, refection, refreshment, regime, regimen, rob, rubbish, salt-free diet,
semifluid, semiliquid, sire, size, slop, soft diet, soup, spoon victuals, starch, stepfather, sticky mess,
support, sustenance, syrup, teat, the old man, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, trash, treacle, udder, ulcer diet, vegetarianism,
vitamin-deficiency diet