Collins English-English Dictionary

pap [pæp]

1. 1. n any soft or semiliquid food, such as bread softened with milk, esp for babies or invalids; mash

2. 2. n [South African] porridge made from maize

3. 3. n worthless or oversimplified ideas; drivel

   intellectual pap

4. 4. n [Etymology] C15: from Middle Low German pappe, via Medieval Latin from Latin pappare to eat; compare Dutch pap, Italian pappa

pap [pæp]

1. 1. n [Scot and northern English] [Dialect] a nipple or teat

2. 2. n something resembling a breast or nipple, such as (formerly) one of a pair of rounded hilltops

3. 3. n (capital as part of a name)

   the Pap of Glencoe

4. 4. n [Etymology] C12: of Scandinavian origin, imitative of a sucking sound; compare Latin papilla nipple, Sanskrit pippalaka

pap [pæp]

1. 1. vt. [tr] (of the paparazzi) to follow and photograph (a famous person)

2. 2. vt. [Etymology] C20: from paparazzo