1. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
   "The roof's lapping pattern resembled fish scales";
   - imbrication, overlapping

1. Pass the tongue over
   "the dog lapped her hand";
   - lick
    
2. Take up with the tongue
   "The cat lapped up the milk";
   - lap up, lick
    
3. (of a liquid, esp. water) flow against
   "the waves lapped the shore";
   - lave, wash
    
4. Lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
   "The tiles on the roof lap over each other"
    
5. Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
   "The bubbles lapped around in the glass";
   - swish, swosh, swoosh
    
6. (sports) overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more lap than them
   "The lead car lapped the slower vehicles"

Derived forms: lappings

Type of: covering, drink, go, imbibe, lie, sound, stroke

Encyclopedia: Lapping