lap up

English - Turkish

Definition of lap up in English Turkish dictionary: (deyim) yalamak; çabucak iç; (deyim) lap sth. up [kd] hemen kapmak(bilgi); inanmak (ovgu); şapırdatarak içmek
lap sth up: eyvallah demek
lap sth up: bir şeye eyvallah demek
lap something up: (deyim) bir şeye eyvallah demek
lap something up: (deyim) bir şeye balıklama atlamak

English - English

Definition of lap up in English English dictionary: To consume by lapping
The cat's lapping up the milk in its bowl.; To revel in, to overtly enjoy
You could see she was pleased, she was lapping up the applause.; take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"; 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

lap up

Turkish pronunciation

läp ʌp

/ˈlap ˈəp/ /ˈlæp ˈʌp/

[ 'lap ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa; akin to Old High German lappa flap.

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