Meaning & use
bap
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Meanings
nouncountableBritish
A soft round bread roll, often cut open and filled with food.
Grammar: Countable: one bap, two baps; use an or the before it.
Patterns
- a bacon bap
- a bap with something
He bought a warm bap filled with cheese for lunch.
She split the bap and spread butter on both halves.
We ate bacon baps at the station café before the train left.
nouncountableBritishinformalslang
A woman's breast, used in informal British speech.
Grammar: Usually plural in this sense; it is informal and can sound rude, so avoid it in polite conversation.
The word baps is sometimes used informally in British English to mean breasts, but many people find it offensive.
In the film, the character makes a crude joke using the word baps.
Word forms
| plural | baps |
|---|
Common combinations
- a bacon bap
- The café sells bacon baps all morning.
- a soft bap
- These soft baps are best eaten the same day.
- a bap filled with something
- She made baps filled with egg and cress.
- a buttered bap
- He handed me a buttered bap and a cup of tea.
- a warm bap
- A warm bap straight from the oven smells wonderful.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: bap or bop? bap or bat?
bap vs bop
Bop is a verb or noun meaning to hit or to dance to pop music; bap is only the bread roll (and the informal slang sense).
bap vs bat
A bat is a stick used in sports or a flying animal; check the final consonant and vowel sound.
Practice
Which sentence uses bap correctly for the bread sense?
Choose one answer.
In the bread sense bap is a countable noun, so 'a bap' fits in sentence A. The other options treat bap as a verb or an object that flies, which is not how the noun is used.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “bap”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.