frap

See also: FRAP

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: frappe

Etymology 1

From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper.

Verb

frap (third-person singular simple present fraps, present participle frapping, simple past and past participle frapped)

1. (nautical) To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
   • 1941, Boy Scout Tests and How to Pass Them, Boy Scouts Association, page 20:

     Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too.

2. (transitive) To strike or beat.
   • 1971, MotorBoating, volume 128, number 5, page 98:

     Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

frap (plural fraps)

1. (informal) Clipping of frappuccino.
   • 2005, Information Week, numbers 1020-1036:

     Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]

Alternative forms

• frapp

Anagrams

• AFRP

Fingallian

Etymology

From Middle English frapen.

Noun

frap

1. stroke
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Frap,

     A Stroak.

Derived terms

• frapping