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Vinony

sap

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L15714 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. drain, remove fluids in some way
  2. deplete of resources
L15715 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sæp/

name

Etymology: Abbreviation.

  1. Initialism of Scientific Advisory Panel.
  2. Initialism of South African Police.
  3. Initialism of South Africa Party.
  4. SAP AG, derived from the German Initialism of Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, one of the world's largest software companies.

noun

Etymology: Abbreviation.

  1. Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child.
  2. Initialism of special access program.
  3. Abbreviation of second audio program.
  4. Initialism of structural adjustment program.
  5. Initialism of speech act participant.
  6. Initialism of superabsorbent polymer.
  7. Initialism of superabsorbent powder, made of superabsorbent polymer.

verb

Etymology: Probably from sapling.

  1. To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).

    “[A]s he passes the mouth of a narrow alley two men step out quickly. One of them saps Marlowe expertly — they drag him out of sight.”

    “And when he had me up there he would sap me again and I wouldn't remember anything that happened in between the two sappings.”