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WAP
Proper noun
WAP
(telecommunications) Wireless Application Protocol, an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication, such as Internet access from a cellular phone.
Noun
WAP (countable and uncountable, plural WAPs)
(telecommunications) Initialism of Wireless Access Point.
(biochemistry) Initialism of whey acidic protein.
Anagrams
• APW, AWP, PAW, PWA, WPA, paw
Noun
wap (plural waps)
(UK, dialect) A blow or beating; a whap.
(colloquial) A breast.
A bundle.
Verb
wap (third-person singular simple present waps, present participle wapping, simple past and past participle wapped)
(UK, dialect) To beat; to whap.
(obsolete, UK, thieves) To engage in sexual intercourse.
(obsolete, transitive) To wrap or bind.
Synonyms
• (beat): see attack
• (sexual intercourse): see copulate
Anagrams
• APW, AWP, PAW, PWA, WPA, paw
Source: Wiktionary
Wap, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Whap.]
Definition: To beat; to whap. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. Malory.
Wap, n.
Definition: A blow or beating; a whap. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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