Associations to the word «Lapping»

Wiktionary

LAPPING, verb. Present participle of lap
LAPPING, noun. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Dictionary definition

LAPPING, noun. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky