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verb (laps, lapping, lapped)

• 1(of an animal) take up (liquid) with quick movements of the tongue:the cat was lapping up a saucer of milk
• (lap something up) accept something eagerly and with obvious pleasure:she’s lapping up the attention

• 2(of water) wash against (something) with a gentle rippling sound:the waves lapped the shore [no object]:the sound of the river lapping against the banks

noun

• the action or sound of water washing gently against something:listening to the comfortable lap of the waves against the shore