Meaning

3 senses
  1. (South Africa, slang)Weak, feeble; lacking substance.

  2. (South Africa, slang)Spineless, wet, without character.

    He is so pap and boring.

  3. (South Africa, slang)Flat.

    I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The magazine was filled with banal pap.

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  2. Before our baby could eat solid food, we fed her pap.

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  3. I'd like to have a Pap smear done.

  4. 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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Forms

more pap, most pap
Comparativemore pap Lesson
Superlativemost pap Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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