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as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the creek lapped along through the ravine before collecting in the pond
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as in overlapped
to lie over parts of one another
the armadillo's plates lap tightly so as to form a protective shield
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as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely
this recording of the symphony is sure to lap listeners in stereophonic bliss
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Recent Examples of lapped
Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
That said, Brian Dunne’s seafood daydream Clams Casino lapped both in my listening history.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
The company has now lapped this destocking.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
And in an era where musicals too often topple over into high seriousness, the return of musical comedy is lapped up by the audience, nowhere more so than in one of the show’s highpoints, the Act Two opener.
—David Benedict, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025
Throughout our test week, the crew lapped pristine groomers and fun, empty terrain parks, too.
—Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
Small, viscous waves lapped against the shore, the swell leaving behind a brown shelf of decaying organic matter.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Channels in France and around the world lapped up his final moments of freedom, with coverage capturing him leaving his swanky Paris home to make the journey to prison.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
This is theoretically something the sport should have internalized decades ago, starting when the NFL lapped Major League Baseball as America’s most popular league.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
While Orion and the SLS rocket were put through their paces during the Artemis I mission, which lapped the moon during an uncrewed test flight in 2022, NASA has never tested the spacecraft’s systems, including life support infrastructure, in space.
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“Lapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lapped. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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