Meaning

5 senses
  1. (Wales, West Country, usually plural)A plimsoll.

  2. A notch cut in one timber to receive another.

  3. (slang)Vulva or vagina.

  4. Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.

  5. A fist bump.

Origin

Onomatopoeic, from the sound made when a person runs while wearing daps. US 1971, origina

Onomatopoeic, from the sound made when a person runs while wearing daps.

US 1971, originally by black soldiers during the Vietnam war, associated with Black Power movement. Originally an elaborate handshake, later specifically a fistbump.

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Forms

plural: daps
Singulardap
Pluraldaps

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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