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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