What does PAP mean?

Definitions for PAP
pæppap

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pap, pablumnoun

    worthless or oversimplified ideas

  2. soft diet, pap, spoon foodnoun

    a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders

  3. nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, titnoun

    the small projection of a mammary gland

GCIDE

  1. Papnoun

    Hence: Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas.

Wiktionary

  1. papverb

    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!

  2. papadjective

    (South African slang): Flat

  3. Etymology: Shortened form of Pap smear from Georgios Papanikolaou, American physician.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Papnoun

    Etymology: papa, Italian; pappe, Dutch; papilla, Latin.

    Some were so from their source endu’d,
    By great dame nature, from whose fruitful pap,
    Their well-heads spring. Fairy Queen.

    Out sword, and wound
    The pap of Pyramus.
    Ay, that left pap, where heart doth hop;
    Thus die I. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

    An infant making to the paps would press,
    And meets instead of milk, a falling tear. Dryden.

    In weaning young creatures, the best way is never to let them suck the paps. John Ray, on the Creation.

    That Timothy Trim, and Jack were the same person, was proved particularly by a mole under the left pap. Arbuth.

    Sleep then a little, pap content is making. Philip Sidney.

    The noble soul by age grows lustier;
    We must not starve, nor hope to pamper her
    With woman’s milk and pap unto the end. John Donne.

    Let the powder, after it has done boiling, be well beaten up with fair water to the consistence of thin pap. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. pap

    Pap can have multiple meanings depending on the context: 1) In medical terms, it refers to a Pap Test also known as Pap Smear, a procedure to test for cervical cancer in women. 2) In food terms, especially in South Africa, it refers to a traditional porridge made from cornmeal. 3) In general terms, it can refer to a substance that is bland or lacking in substance or value. 4) In colloquial English, particularly in the UK, it is short for paparazzi or their photographs. 5) It can also refer to a soft food for infants. Remember, its meaning can change depending on the context because it is used in various fields and cultures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Papnoun

    a nipple; a mammilla; a teat

  2. Papnoun

    a rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon

  3. Papnoun

    a soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water

  4. Papnoun

    nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap

  5. Papnoun

    the pulp of fruit

  6. Papverb

    to feed with pap

  7. Etymology: [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]

Wikidata

  1. Pap

    Pap, also known as mieliepap in South Africa, is a traditional porridge / polenta made from mielie-meal and a staple food of the Bantu inhabitants of South Africa. Many traditional South African dishes include pap, such as smooth maize meal porridge, pap with a very thick consistency that can be held in the hand and a more dry crumbly phutu pap. A variety of savouries are used to accompany pap, made from green vegetables, and flavoured with chilli. Afrikaners in the northern parts of the country eat it as a breakfast staple, with milk and sugar, but also serve it with meat and tomato-stew at other meals, When they are having a braai, stywe pap or phutu pap with a savoury sauce like tomato and onion or mushroom and cheese is an important part of the meal. In the Cape-provinces it is almost exclusively seen as a breakfast food. Since mielie-meal is inexpensive, poor people combine it with vegetables. It can be served hot or, after it has cooled, it can be fried. Phutu porridge is sometimes enjoyed with chakalaka as a side dish with braais.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pap

    pap, n. soft food for infants: pulp of fruit: nourishment: (slang) the emoluments or perquisites of public office.—v.t. to feed with pap.—adjs. Papes′cent, Pap′py.—ns. Pap′meat, soft food for infants; Pap′spoon, a spoon for infants. [Imit.]

  2. Pap

    pap, n. a nipple or teat: a woman's breast: a round conical hill, as the Paps of Jura.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PAP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pap is ranked #55255 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pap surname appeared 372 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pap.

    88.1% or 328 total occurrences were White.
    9.1% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAP in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PAP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of PAP in a Sentence

  1. Warner Huh:

    For years, women's health care has been anchored around the Pap smear.

  2. Honduran Communications Minister Hilda Hernandez:

    It is vital that the PAP is backed by the United Nations in financial, technical and political aspects.

  3. Eugene Tan:

    The PAP will now have to deal with much stronger pressures for populist policies, such as higher taxes for a larger swathe of income-earners and nationalistic manpower policy as well as more social spending, which are very often the antithesis of the ruling party's core policies for the past 50 years.

  4. Harvey Makadon:

    Most transgender men still have a cervix, so they need a pap smear, so you have to create an environment where they feel comfortable talking about themselves.

  5. Catherine Lim:

    People would like to see Tharman around to set the tone for a new PAP leadership, it's time now for a completely different one, and the only person whom I can think of to set that tone convincingly and who can appeal to Singaporeans across ethnic groups would be Mr Tharman.

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