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plural baps
A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland. examples
(Britain, Ireland, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
(Ireland, Belfast, slang) The head. quotations
Mrs Dudley came bouncing back, hand swinging, big stain on her right bap like she'd been shot or Da had got at her in an alleyway.
2014, Kelly Creighton, The Bones of It
(informal) The sound of a light blow or slap. quotations examples
Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not.BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian.
2006, Ashaki Boelter., The Nok, page 55
Elizabeth continued into the living room and saw Velvet napping on the cool linoleum under the dining room table. She stopped to stroke her silky side and the puppy's tail went bap, bap, bap against the floor in greeting.
2014, Rose McMills, Mountain Girl
third-person singular simple present baps, present participle bapping, simple past and past participle bapped
(informal, transitive) To hit lightly. quotations examples
“Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers.
2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin
She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]
2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, page 385