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ok | pap |

As an interjection ok

is .

As a noun pap is

paste; an adhesive paste.

ok

English

Etymology 1

Of unclear origin. Wikipedia lists . it may be an abbreviation of a comical spelling of "all correct" as "orl korrect", such as first appeared in print in The Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839, as part of a fad for similar fanciful abbreviations in the United States during the late 1830s.

Alternative forms

* , ok, okay

Noun

(en noun)
  • endorsement; approval
    • We can start as soon as we get the OK .
    Synonyms
    * (endorsement or approval) approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To approve.
    • I don't want to OK this amount of money.
  • (computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK .
  • * 2001 , Mike Collins, Pro Tools: Practical Recording, Editing and Mixing for Music Production
    • Type a suitable name for your Marker and OK the dialogue box.
  • * 2008 , Martin Evening, Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers
    • When you OK the crop, the image size will be adjusted to match the front image resolution.
    Synonyms
    * approve * greenlight

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • all right, permitted
    • Do you think it's OK to stay here for the night?
  • satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional
    • The soup was OK , but the dessert was excellent.
  • in good health or a good emotional state
    • He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
    Synonyms
    * allowed, all right, permissible * (satisfactory) adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) fine, well
    Antonyms
    * forbidden * (satisfactory) bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory * (in good health or a good emotional state) ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • satisfactorily, sufficiently well
    • The team did OK in the playoffs.
    Synonyms
    * (satisfactorily) adequately, satisfactorily
    Antonyms
    * (satisfactorily) badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily

    Interjection

  • Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
    • I promise to give it back.'' Reply: ''OK .
    Let's meet again this afternoon.'' Reply: ''OK .
    Shut up!'' Reply: ''OK''', '''OK .
  • An utterance expressing exasperation, similar to ""
    • OK! I get it! Stop nagging me!
  • Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
    • OK , I'm thinking of a number...
    Synonyms
    * PPsense, acknowledgement or acceptance}} okey-dokey, okeh, okey; ; all right * (sentence introduction) now, now then

    Derived terms

    (term derived from OK) * okay * okey-dokey * * 'kay * m'kay * A-OK * kthxbye

    References

    * How 'OK' took over the world, Allan Metcalf, BBC News Magazine (2011 February 18) * The ‘O’ Word, Roy Blount, Jr., The New York Times Sunday Book Review (2010 November 19) * OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word , Allan Metcalf, Oxford University Press (2010) * '>citation * Allen Read, the Expert of 'O.K.,' Dies at 96, Douglas Martin, The New York Times Obituaries (2002 October 18) * What does "OK" stand for?, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope (1985)

    See also

    * oll korrect * * *

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • a state of the United States of America.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    pap

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origins unclear. Related to (etyl) pappe, Dutch pap, Old French papa/pape, Latin pappa, Bulgarian , among others. The relationships between these words are difficult to reconstruct.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
    • Pap can be made from bread boiled in milk or water.
  • (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense.
  • (South Africa) Porridge.
    • Pap and wors are traditionally eaten at a braai.
  • (informal, derogatory) support from official patronage
    • Treasury pap
  • The pulp of fruit.
    • (Ainsworth)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, South Africa) Spineless, wet, without character.
  • * He is so pap and boring.

    • Verb

    (papp)
  • (obsolete) To feed with pap.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps form (etyl) papilla; or perhaps compare Old (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * Bible, Luke xi. 27
    • the paps which thou hast sucked
  • * , II.xii:
    • But th'other rather higher did arise, / And her two lilly paps aloft displayd, / And all, that might his melting hart entise / To her delights, she vnto him bewrayd.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.98:
    • they doe not onely weare jewels at their noses, in their lip and cheekes, and in their toes, but also big wedges of gold through their paps .
  • *, II.13:
    • Adrianus the Emperour made his Physition to marke and take the just compasse of the mortall place about his pap , that so his aime might not faile him, to whom he had given charge to kill him.
  • A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
    • (Macaulay)

    Etymology 3

    Shortened form of Pap smear from , American physician.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Pap smear

    • Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) Flat.
    • I got a puncture and the wheel went pap .

    Etymology 5

    From (paparazzo)

    Verb

  • (usually, in the passive) Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.
    • Look, that pop star’s been papped in her bikini again!

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes English slang South African English ----