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Laps

/læps/

Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:8 pts4 letters
Definition of Laps

noun

  1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
  2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
  3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
  4. A place of rearing and fostering
  5. The upper legs of a seated person.

    "The boy was sitting on his mother's lap."

verb

  1. To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
  2. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

noun

  1. The act or process of lapping.
  2. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.

    "the lap of a board"

  3. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.

    "The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader."

  4. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
  5. One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool

    "swim two laps"

verb

  1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

    "to lap a piece of cloth"

  2. To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

    "to lap a bandage around a finger"

  3. To envelop, enfold

    "lapped in luxury"

  4. To wind around
  5. To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

    "One laps roof tiles so that water can run off."

verb

  1. To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

    "Don't lap your soup like that, you look like a dog."

  2. (of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.

noun

  1. Examination of the loins or abdomen, now specifically examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity using a laparoscope.
Anagrams of Laps

4 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "laps":

alpspalssalpslap

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "laps" and rearranging:

+asalpa
+cclapsclaspscalp
+elapseleapspalespealspleas
+fflaps
+hplash
+ilapispailsspail
+lpallsspall
+mlampspalmsplasmpsalm
+nplans
+oopals
Related Word Patterns
LA...Words starting with "la"...PSWords ending with "ps"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "laps"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
l1
a1
p3
s1

Total: 6 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Laps
abampsabbotshipsaccountantshipsafterclapsafterdampsagitpropsairdropsairmanshipsairshipsairstripsalpsambassadorships
Related 4-Letter Words
labslacelacklacslacyladeladsladylagslaiclaidlainlairlakelakh

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Laps"

Laps is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "laps" can be rearranged to form 4 other valid words.

Using "Laps" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "laps" is a low-scoring word.