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transitive verb
(frapped; frapping)
Etymology: Middle English, to strike, beat, from Anglo-French fraper
Date: 1548
to draw tight (as with ropes or cables) <frap a sail>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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FRAP — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda FRAP puede referirse a: FRAP Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, técnica utilizada en microscopía. Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota, antigua organización terrorista de España Frente de Acción… … Wikipedia Español
frap — frap; frap·le; frap·pé; frap·ler; … English syllables
Frap — Frap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frapping}.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf. {Affrap}.] 1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
FRAP — or frap may stand for:*A method of tightening a rope lashing by wrapping the rope around the lashing s core to help enforce it. *An abbreviation for Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure *Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, an experimental … Wikipedia
FRAP — Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching es una técnica utilizada en microscopía. FRAP, sigla de las siguientes organizaciones políticas: ● Frente Revolucionario Antifascista y Patriota de España ● Frente de Acción Popular de Chile … Enciclopedia Universal
frap — [frap] vt. frapped, frapping [ME frapen < OFr fraper, to strike] Naut. to pass ropes, cables, etc. around in order to strengthen, support, steady, etc … English World dictionary
frap — /frap/, v.t., frapped, frapping. Naut. to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains. [1300 50; ME frappen < OF fraper to strike, beat, prob. < Gmc (cf. ON hrapa to hurl, hurry)] * * * … Universalium
frap — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. fraper (12c., Mod.Fr. frapper) to strike, hit beat, cognate with It. frappare “to strike,” of unknown origin, perhaps imitative (Cf. RAP (Cf. rap) (n.)). Nautical sense of bind tightly is from 1540s … Etymology dictionary
frap — Expletive. For frustration, surprise, disdain generally for negative feelings. As a modifier, What the frap is he doing? Oh, frap! My foot is caught in the escalator … Dictionary of american slang
frap — Expletive. For frustration, surprise, disdain generally for negative feelings. As a modifier, What the frap is he doing? Oh, frap! My foot is caught in the escalator … Dictionary of american slang
frap — /fræp/ (say frap) verb (t) (frapped, frapping) Nautical to bind securely. {Middle English frap(en), from Old French fraper strike} …
