pap
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Weak, feeble; lacking substanceWeak, feeble; lacking substance.
/pap/
» The magazine was filled with banal pap.
Meaning
3 senses(South Africa, slang)Weak, feeble; lacking substance.
(South Africa, slang)Spineless, wet, without character.
He is so pap and boring.
(South Africa, slang)Flat.
I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.
Examples
4 sentencesThe magazine was filled with banal pap.
Before our baby could eat solid food, we fed her pap.
I'd like to have a Pap smear done.
A Pap test can help detect cervical cancer early on.
deEin Pap-Abstrich kann zur frühzeitigen Erkennung des Gebärmutterhalskrebses beitragen. — brauchinet
Origin
From Afrikaans pap (“porridge”). Cognate with etymology 1.From Afrikaans pap (“porridge”). Cognate with etymology 1.
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