lap

Noun

• touching with the tongue
  • the dog's laps were warm and wet
    

• movement once around a course
  • he drove an extra lap just for insurance
    

• a flap that lies over another part
  • the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
    

• the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
  • his lap was covered with food stains
    

• an area of control or responsibility
  • the job fell right in my lap
    

• the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
  • he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap
    

Verb

• wash or flow against
  • the waves laved the shore
    

• take up with the tongue
  • The cat lapped up the milk
    
  • the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast
    

• move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
  • The bubbles swoshed around in the glass
    
  • The curtain swooshed open
    

• pass the tongue over
  • the dog licked her hand
    

• lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lick , circle , circuit , overlap , lap covering , lave , wash , lap up , swish , swosh , swoosh