Definition of "dap"

dap¹

/dæp/

noun
plural daps
1. (West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.
  Quotations
  I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.
  1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, page 169
2. (carpentry) A notch cut in one timber to receive another.
3. (slang) Vulva or vagina.
verb
third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped
1. (Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
2. (metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.
3. (fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

/dæp/

noun
plural daps
1. (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
  Quotations
  ... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) ...
  1971, London Magazine, volume 11, page 33
  These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.
  1972, Sepia, volume 21, page 80
2. A fist bump.
verb
third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped
1. To greet with a dap.