pap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun worthless or oversimplified ideas
    pablum.
  2. noun a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
    spoon food; soft diet.
  3. noun the small projection of a mammary gland
    mammilla; tit; teat; mamilla; nipple.

WordNet

Pap noun
Etymology
Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. Dryden.
    The paps which thou hast sucked. Luke xi. 27.
  2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon. Macaulay.
Pap noun
Etymology
Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.
Definitions
  1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softtened in milk or water.
  2. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. Colloq. & Contemptuous
  3. The pulp of fruit. Ainsworth.
Pap transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To feed with pap. Beau. & Fl.

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