pap

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

pap, n. [Cf. OSw. papp. Cf. Pap soft food.].

•  A nipple; a mammilla; a teat.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

  "The paps which thou hast sucked."  [1913 Webster]
•  A rounded, nipplelike hill or peak; anything resembling a nipple in shape; a mamelon.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]

pap, n. [Cf. D. pap, G. pappe, both perh. fr. L. papa, pappa, the word with which infants call for food: cf. It. pappa.].

•  A soft food for infants, made of bread boiled or softened in milk or water.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any speech, writing, or idea lacking substance, or of trivial content; oversimplified, trite, or worthless ideas.  [PJC]
•  Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap.  [1913 Webster]
•  The pulp of fruit.  Ainsworth.  [1913 Webster]

pap, v. t. 

 To feed with pap.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pap, n.
1 a soft or semi-liquid food for infants or invalids. b a mash or pulp.
2 light or trivial reading matter; nonsense.

Derivative

pappy adj.

pap, n. archaic or dial. the nipple of a breast.

Etymology

ME, of Scand. orig.: ult. imit. of sucking

THESAURUS

pap

abba, acid-ash diet, albumen, aliment, alimentation, allergy diet, bag, batter, bland diet, bonnyclabber, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, butter, calorie chart, calorie counter, chest, clabber, cornstarch, cream, crop, curd, dad, daddy, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, dough, dug, egg white, father, foster father, garbage, gaum, gel, gelatin, genitor, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, governor, gruel, gumbo, gunk, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, jam, jell, jelly, keep, knockers, loblolly, low-carbohydrate diet, low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, molasses, mucilage, mucus, nenes, nipple, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, old man, pa, pabulum, papa, papilla, pappy, paste, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch, pigeon breast, pop, pops, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, refection, refreshment, regime, regimen, rob, rubbish, salt-free diet, semifluid, semiliquid, sire, size, slop, soft diet, soup, spoon victuals, starch, stepfather, sticky mess, support, sustenance, syrup, teat, the old man, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, trash, treacle, udder, ulcer diet, vegetarianism, vitamin-deficiency diet

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pap

Convexity

N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).

Pulpiness

N pulpiness, pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume, mush, oatmeal, baby food, pulpy, pultaceous, grumous, baccate.