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Meanings of lap in English

Catalan
volta
Spanish
circuito

Completion of a competitive circuit.

        Related terms
        volta
        Portuguese
        farfalhar
        Catalan
        xipollejar

        Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound.

              farfalhar
              Catalan
              encavalcament

              A flap that lies over another part.

                    encavalcament
                    Catalan
                    llepada
                    Spanish
                    lamer

                    Touching with the tongue.

                          llepada
                          Usage of lap in English
                          1
                          As a result of the penalty, he fell off the lead lap.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Keselowski got back on the lead lap early in the second stage.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          Whincup said after the lap: I can't get that one back unfortunately.
                          News.com.au
                          4
                          It's because the end-of-show victory lap has become the perfect 'video' moment.
                          News.com.au
                          5
                          Then nothing, save the lap and eddy of the water far away.
                          The Woman in Black
                          6
                          Lahoma was sitting in grave silence, her hands clasped in her lap.
                          Lahoma
                          7
                          She must leave the near future in the lap of the gods.
                          December Love
                          8
                          Snipes delicately set the wide wings of the paper onto his lap.
                          Serena
                          9
                          He did not hear the children; they were probably in her lap.
                          Shallow Soil
                          10
                          On a restart just past lap 100, he moved up to second.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          Kate was sitting in the hall with some work in her lap.
                          The Mettle of the Pasture
                          12
                          She was sitting in the library window-seat with Boru in her lap.
                          Phyllis: A Twin
                          13
                          At the beginning of the second lap, Anakin was in sixth place.
                          Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
                          14
                          He had the toy in his lap in a moment, mending it.
                          Frenzied Fiction
                          15
                          Concern has been expressed about the growth of lap-dancing clubs in Ireland.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          Here they lie in my lap; I meant to burn them to-night.
                          The Wings of Icarus: Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher
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                          Translations for lap
                          Russian
                          круг
                          Lap through the time
                          Lap across language varieties
                          Canada
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
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