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Definition of pap verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pap

verb
 
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/pæp/
(British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pap
 
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/pæp/
he / she / it paps
 
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past simple papped
 
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past participle papped
 
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-ing form papping
 
/ˈpæpɪŋ/
 
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  1. pap somebody to follow a famous person around and take a photograph of them without their permission
    • She can't even go to the gym without being papped.
    Word OriginLate Middle English: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pappe, probably based on Latin pappare ‘eat’.

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