"lapping" in the noun sense

1. imbrication, overlapping, lapping

covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

"lapping" in the verb sense

1. lap

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

2. lick, lap

pass the tongue over

"the dog licked her hand"

3. lap, swish, swosh, swoosh

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

"The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"

"The curtain swooshed open"

4. lap, lap up, lick

take up with the tongue

"The cat lapped up the milk"

"the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

5. lave, lap, wash

wash or flow against

"the waves laved the shore"

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