Pap

  • 31pap — pap1 paplike, adj. /pap/, n. 1. soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk. 2. an idea, talk, book, or the like, lacking substance or real value. [1400 50; late ME; a nursery word akin to D pap, G Pappe, L, It pappa] Syn …

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  • 32pap — I [[t]pæp[/t]] n. 1) soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in milk 2) ideas, writings, or the like, lacking substance or real value • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME; nursery word akin to D pap, G Pappe, L, It pappa II pap [[t]pæp[/t]] n …

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  • 33PAP — I PAP,   Abkürzung für Pọlska Agencja Prasọwa [ a gɛntsja ], offizielle polnische Nachrichtenagentur, gegründet 1940 als politischer Pressedienst »Polpress« in der Sowjetunion vom Bund Polnischer Patrioten (ZPP), seit Juli 1944 in Lublin mit… …

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  • 34pap — I. /pæp / (say pap) noun 1. soft food for infants or invalids, as bread soaked in water or milk. 2. books, ideas, talk, etc., considered as having no intellectual or permanent value; rubbish; tripe. {Middle English. Compare Low German pappe,… …

  • 35PAP — Acronym for peroxidase antiperoxidase complex. Abbreviation for 3′ phosphoadenosine 5′ phosphate. See P. technique. * * * pancreatitis associated protein; Papanicolaou [test]; papaverine; passive aggressive personality; password authentication… …

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  • 36pap — A food of soft consistency, like that of breadcrumbs soaked in milk or water. * * * pancreatitis associated protein; Papanicolaou [test]; papaverine; passive aggressive personality; password authentication protocol; patient assessment program;… …

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  • 37pap — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : pap ISO 639 2/T Code : pap ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Papiamento …

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  • 38pap — noun (U) 1 books, television programmes etc that people read or watch for entertainment but which have no serious value: Telly snobs dismiss the show as lightweight pap. 2 very soft food eaten by babies or sick people see also: Pap smear …

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  • 39pap — noun 1) a plateful of tasteless pap Syn: soft food, mush, slop, pulp, purée, mash, trademark Pablum; informal goo, goop, glop, gook 2) commercial pap Syn: trivia, pulp (fiction) …

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  • 40pap — 1. noun /pæp/ a) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children. Pap and wors is traditionally eaten at a braai. b) Nonsense. But thother rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft… …

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