PAPPED

Verb

papped

simple past tense and past participle of pap

Source: Wiktionary


PAP

Pap, n. Etym: [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden. The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.

2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon. Macaulay.

Pap, n. Etym: [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.]

1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.

2. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

3. The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth.

Pap, v. t.

Definition: To feed with pap. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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