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say it: lap
lap is a noun and verb meaning "the upper side of the thighs of a seated person". It carries 11 recorded senses.
the upper side of the thighs of a seated person
“he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap”
an area of control or responsibility
“the job fell right in my lap”
the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs
“his lap was covered with food stains”
movement once around a course
“he drove an extra lap just for insurance”
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lap come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.