pap
To take a surreptitious photograph of without their consentTo take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
» The magazine was filled with banal pap.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!
(obsolete, transitive)To feed with 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 Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“papFrom Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian папам (papam, “to eat”) and Serbo-Croatian папати/papati (“to eat”), among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct. The Germanic word is either a borrowing from Latin or, perhaps more probably, an independent formation in baby-talk.
Clipping of paparazzo.
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Forms
paps, papping, papped, pappedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle