lap up in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for lap up in the English»Italian Dictionary

lap1 [Brit lap, Am læp] N (area of body)

I.lap2 [Brit lap, Am læp] N

II.lap2 <forma in -ing lapping, pt, pp lapped> [Brit lap, Am læp] VB trans

III.lap2 <forma in -ing lapping, pt, pp lapped> [Brit lap, Am læp] VB intr (overlap)

I.lap3 [Brit lap, Am læp] N

II.lap3 <forma in -ing lapping, pt, pp lapped> [Brit lap, Am læp] VB trans (drink)

III.lap3 <forma in -ing lapping, pt, pp lapped> [Brit lap, Am læp] VB intr (splash)

also botch-up">
also flub-up">

II.flub <forma in -ing flubbing, pt, pp flubbed> [Brit flʌb, Am fləb] VB trans Am inf (botch)

I.up [Brit ʌp, Am əp] ADV Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.): for translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

(su) a Nord

9. up:

II.up [Brit ʌp, Am əp] PREP

III.up [Brit ʌp, Am əp] ADJ

V.up <forma in -ing upping, pt, pp upped> [Brit ʌp, Am əp] VB trans (increase)

VI.up <forma in -ing upping, pt, pp upped> [Brit ʌp, Am əp] VB intr inf

lap up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lap up in the English»Italian Dictionary

II.lap3 <-pp-> [læp] VB intr (hit gently)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The horsefly can then lap up the blood.
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Like their relatives the honey bees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid; the proboscis is folded under the head for flight.
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My nieces, 15 and 21 years old, both lap up every episode yet have zero interest in watching the far more risqu?
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Thankfully there is also an army of lazy, time-constrained and content-hungry, bloggers to lap up what the experts can share.
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Fans will lap up this week's healthy dose of bromantic banter.
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No wonder both connoisseurs and collectors eagerly lap up his vast output.
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We bathe in the sumptuous drama and lap up the juicy theatrics.
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We appreciated it so that we could lap up the soft vegetables and sauces on our plates.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
She used to lap up the spotlight, but this time around she is shying away from it.
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They lap up the details and revel in the thought that it is someone else who has got caught.
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