Definition of "pap" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.

   • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.

2. (uncountable, colloquial) Pablum or nonsense.

3. (South Africa) Porridge.

   • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.

4. (Nigeria, West Africa) A fermented cereal pudding made from corn, sorghum, or millet

5. (informal, derogatory) Support from official patronage.

   • Treasury pap

6. The pulp of fruit.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To feed with pap.

noun

1. (archaic) A female breast or nipple.

2. (now rare, archaic) A man's breast.

3. A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).

adjective

1. (South Africa, slang) Weak, feeble; lacking substance.

2. (South Africa, slang) Spineless, wet, without character.

   • He is so pap and boring.

3. (South Africa, slang) Flat.

   • I got a puncture and the wheel went pap.

noun

1. (informal) Clipping of paparazzo.

verb

1. (informal, usually passive voice) To take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.

   • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!

noun

1. (informal) Pa; father.

verb

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of PAP (“post a picture”).