Lap something up
verb phrase
To accept or believe eagerly;to take in something delightful: Tell ’em you’ll lower their taxes and they’ll lap it up/ lapped up the praise (1922+)
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- Lapsus
[lap-suh s; Latin lahp-soo s] /ˈlæp səs; Latin ˈlɑp sʊs/ noun 1. a slip or lapse. [lahp-soo s kah-lah-mee; English lap-suh s kal-uh-mahy, -mee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈkɑ lɑˌmi; English ˈlæp səs ˈkæl əˌmaɪ, -ˌmi/ noun, Latin. 1. a slip of the pen. [lahp-soo s ling-gwahy; English lap-suh s ling-gwee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈlɪŋ gwaɪ; English ˈlæp […]
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[lahp-soo s kah-lah-mee; English lap-suh s kal-uh-mahy, -mee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈkɑ lɑˌmi; English ˈlæp səs ˈkæl əˌmaɪ, -ˌmi/ noun, Latin. 1. a slip of the pen.
- Lapsus-linguae
[lahp-soo s ling-gwahy; English lap-suh s ling-gwee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈlɪŋ gwaɪ; English ˈlæp səs ˈlɪŋ gwi/ noun, Latin. 1. a slip of the tongue. /ˈlɪŋɡwiː/ noun 1. a slip of the tongue
- Laptev-sea
[lap-tef, -tev; Russian lah-ptyif] /ˈlæp tɛf, -tɛv; Russian ˈlɑ ptyɪf/ noun 1. an arm of the Arctic Ocean N of the Russian Federation in Asia, between Taimyr Peninsula and the New Siberian Islands. /ˈlæptɪf/ noun 1. a shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean, along the N coast of Russia between the Taimyr Peninsula and the […]