lapping up

English - Turkish

Definition of lapping up in English Turkish dictionary

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lap up

(deyim) yalamak

lap up

çabucak iç

lap up

(deyim) lap sth. up [kd] hemen kapmak(bilgi); inanmak (ovgu)

lap up

şapırdatarak içmek

English - English

Definition of lapping up in English English dictionary

Related Terms

lap up

To consume by lapping

The cat's lapping up the milk in its bowl.

lap up

To revel in, to overtly enjoy

You could see she was pleased, she was lapping up the applause.

lap up

take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

lap up

If you say that someone laps up something such as information or attention, you mean that they accept it eagerly, usually when you think they are being foolish for believing that it is sincere. Their audience will lap up whatever they throw at them They just haven't been to school before. They're so eager to learn, they lap it up. see lap 6

Hyphenation

lap·ping up

Turkish pronunciation

läpîng ʌp

Pronunciation

/ˈlapəɴɢ ˈəp/ /ˈlæpɪŋ ˈʌp/