lap up

• POS: Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

lap up, v. t. [See lap, v. i.].

•  To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up.  [1913 Webster]
•  To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

lap up

and sinker, be a sucker, be taken in, bib, bite, devour, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink off, drink up, eat up, fall for, follow strong drink, gargle, go for, gobble up, grog, gulp down, guzzle, imbibe, knock back, lap, lick, line, nibble, nip, quaff, sip, slurp, soak, soak up, sponge up, sup, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow whole, swing at, take the bait, tipple, tope, toss down, toss off, tumble for

ROGET THESAURUS

lap up

Clothing

VB invest, cover, envelope, lap, involve, inwrap, enwrap, wrap, fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up, overlap, sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest, vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out, deck, perk, equip, harness, caparison, wear, don, put on, huddle on, slip on, mantle.