Pap \Pap\, n. [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.]
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1. (Anat.) A nipple; a mammilla; a teat. --Dryden.
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The paps which thou hast sucked. --Luke xi. 27.
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2. A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a
nipple in shape; a mamelon. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pap \Pap\, n. [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa,
pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It.
pappa.]
1. A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softened
in milk or water.
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2. Hence: Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or
of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless
ideas.
Syn: pablum, drivel, twaddle.
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3. Nourishment or support from official patronage; as,
treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]
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4. The pulp of fruit. --Ainsworth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pap \Pap\, v. t.
To feed with pap. --Beau. & Fl.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pap
n 1: worthless or oversimplified ideas [syn: pablum]
2: a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with
intestinal disorders [syn: soft diet, spoon food]
3: the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple, mammilla,
mamilla, teat, tit]
WordNet (r) 2.0
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "pap":
abba, acid-ash diet, albumen, aliment, alimentation, allergy diet,
bag, batter, bland diet, bonnyclabber, boobs, bosom, breast,
breasts, brisket, bust, butter, calorie chart, calorie counter,
chest, clabber, cornstarch, cream, crop, curd, dad, daddy,
diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, dough,
dug, egg white, father, foster father, garbage, gaum, gel, gelatin,
genitor, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, governor,
gruel, gumbo, gunk, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, jam,
jell, jelly, keep, knockers, loblolly, low-carbohydrate diet,
low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, mama, mamelon, mamelonation,
mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, molasses, mucilage, mucus,
nenes, nipple, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, old man, pa,
pabulum, papa, papilla, pappy, paste, pater, paterfamilias,
patriarch, pigeon breast, pop, pops, porridge, pudding, pulp,
puree, putty, refection, refreshment, regime, regimen, rob,
rubbish, salt-free diet, semifluid, semiliquid, sire, size, slop,
soft diet, soup, spoon victuals, starch, stepfather, sticky mess,
support, sustenance, syrup, teat, the old man, thorax, tit, tits,
titties, titty, trash, treacle, udder, ulcer diet, vegetarianism,
vitamin-deficiency diet
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol (RFC 1334)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
PAP
Printer Access Protocol (AppleTalk)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
PAP
ProgrammAblaufPlan (DIN 66001)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
PAP
1. Password Authentication
Protocol.
2. Printer Access Protocol.
(1996-03-23)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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