Dap vs Dup - What's the difference?
dap | dup |
(Bristol, Wales, usually in plural) A plimsoll.
* 1988, , Penguin Books (1988), page 169:
(Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.
To do some form of dipping, dabbing, or bouncing action.
to open (a door, gate etc.)
:* 1964': He had seen, that Maundy Thursday afternoon, '''dupping their chamber door in all maaaaaaa innocence. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like the Sun
As verbs the difference between dap and dup
is that dap is to run or go somewhere quickly while dup is to open (a door, gate etc..As a noun dap
is a plimsoll.dap
English
Noun
(en noun)- I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps .
Verb
(dapp)- I'll just dap down to the shop.
- in metalworking is the technique of creating a hollow indentation, also known as doming, dishing or dapping .
- dapping is to rebound or adopt a rebounding action, e.g. to fish by letting the bait dip and bob lightly onto the water, in the manner that some insects lay eggs in the water.