How to pronounce “lapping”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of lap
• [Noun]
• A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
• The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
• The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
• (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
• (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
• (lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.
• The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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