pap


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pap1
noun
  • 1 bland soft or semi-liquid food such as that suitable for babies or invalids.
  • 2 (in Africa and the Caribbean) maize porridge.
  • 3 worthless or trivial reading matter or entertainment.
– origin ME: prob. from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. pappe, prob. based on L. pappare ‘eat’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pap2
noun archaic or dialect a woman's breast or nipple.
– origin ME: prob. of Scand. origin, from a base imitative of the sound of sucking.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pap3 informal
noun a paparazzo. verb (paps, papping, papped) take a photograph of (a celebrity) without permission.
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