Synonyms for lapping
lap·ping

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1. imbrication, overlapping, lappingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   overlapping, imbrication

Matched Categories

1. • Covering

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How to use lapping in a sentence?

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   War is the true Nature of the world, a dog with matted fur lapping eagerly at the bloody Nile, wagging its threadbare tail the entire time.

2. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   A steam locomotive engineer is referred as a 'hogger'; Does this reference have to do with his 'lapping-up' many miles over the silver rails?

3. David Miliband:

   Our perspective is that this a global challenge, and all rich countries should be playing their part both in helping the victims and in trying to support political and diplomat efforts to tackle the problem at source, the fact that people are literally lapping up on the shores of Europe tells you that sticking your head in the sand is certainly not moral but it is not wise either.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own borders, we must act now.

5. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door.