Used in a Sentence

lapped

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lapped.

Editorial note

The gaps I'm talking about would mean the winner lapped up to the top 5 or top 3.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lapped gathered in one view.

adjective

Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lapped.

adjective

Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

Example sentences

1

The gaps I'm talking about would mean the winner lapped up to the top 5 or top 3.

2

There was once race in 2003 or 4 when Schumi lapped the entire field up to 3rd place.

3

It should also avoid all valid patent claims because it is based on lapped transforms as opposed to DCTs.

4

In fact his kindergarten teachers gave him new stuff to read and he lapped it up.

5

Daala uses wavelets in a few areas, but is largely a lapped DCT based codec.

6

I'd be furious that I was getting lapped by people who do a much poorer job You'd only be getting lapped if you think life is a race to make money.

7

Then Apple came out with the Air and Lenovo just lapped it up.

8

So wherever you are standing in your life, prepare to be lapped.

9

If I were him, I'd be furious that I was getting lapped by people who do a much poorer job.

10

A few misogynist groups joined HN to spread their filth, and the commenters here lapped it up and even joined in on the harassment.

11

Some probabilistic standardisation would be lapped up by the applied community.

12

If this had been available when I was learning Apple II assembly when I was 8, I would have lapped it up.

Quote examples

1

So Moffitt handing out free fruit probably short circuited everything they knew about "The English" and they just lapped up his bullshit with a deer-in-the-headlights-look.

2

Yes, if Youtube can't licence the music the videos will get flagged by ContentID, which means they gets "blocked" because they don't have the license to show them, it's a semantics play and circular logic that the labels are offering and as with most attacks on Google the media has lapped it up.

3

A choice quote "In other words, in order to report that "Samsung has finally succeeded in becoming the handset industry's largest and most profitable vendor," Strategy Analytics had to compare Samsung's entire PC and device business with only half of Apple's." So basically anti-Apple propaganda, all lies and lapped up by the fandroids.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lapped in a sentence?

The gaps I'm talking about would mean the winner lapped up to the top 5 or top 3.

What does lapped mean?

Being one or more complete laps behind the leader in a race.

What part of speech is lapped?

lapped is commonly used as adjective.