Meanings
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1
noun
US dialect: father; pa
Pap had not been seen in town for more than a year.
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2
noun
soft or semi-liquid food, especially food prepared for an infant
The baby was fed a warm pap made from bread and milk.
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3
noun
worthless, bland, or oversimplified ideas or entertainment
The article dismissed the program as sentimental pap.
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4
noun
archaic: a breast or nipple
The old anatomical description refers to a swelling beneath the left pap.
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Etymology
The father sense is a childlike shortening related to papa. The food and anatomical senses come through Middle English pap or pappe, probably from infant-directed or imitative speech for soft food and the breast; the figurative sense extends bland infant food to insubstantial ideas.