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Definitions for pap
pæppap
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Princeton's WordNet
pap, pablumnoun
worthless or oversimplified ideas
soft diet, pap, spoon foodnoun
a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, titnoun
the small projection of a mammary gland
GCIDE
Papnoun
Hence: Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas.
Wiktionary
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!
papadjective
(South African slang): Flat
Etymology: Shortened form of Pap smear from Georgios Papanikolaou, American physician.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Papnoun
a nipple; a mammilla; a teat
Papnoun
a rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon
Papnoun
a soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water
Papnoun
nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap
Papnoun
the pulp of fruit
Papverb
to feed with pap
Etymology: [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]
Wikidata
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
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.]
Pap
pap, n. a nipple or teat: a woman's breast: a round conical hill, as the Paps of Jura.
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PAP
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pap in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of pap in a Sentence
Two points here : first, while it’s an intuitively appealing finding, it is statistically rather weak, second, good adherence is hard to achieve with current therapeutic options for PAP. If a new, very well-tolerated mode of PAP therapy is identified, it would be really helpful to do a large outcome trial to try and confirm this tantalizing observation.
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.
I was bleeding in between periods and I was in agony but doctors diagnosed me with thrush and growing pains, it took me four months of going back and forth to my GP (general practitioner) before I was given a [Pap] smear test.
I wholeheartedly support the principles and values of the Progress Singapore Party, today's PAP is no longer the PAP of my father. It has lost its way.
Those who will be possibly impacted by this are often the sole providers of health care for these patients. They provide Pap smears and breast cancer screening and many other preventative services, and it is not so easy to find other providers to take up the slack if these providers don't receive the funding.
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