Definition of "dap" [dap]

• To fish by letting a baited hook fall gently onto the water. (verb-intransitive)
• To dip lightly or quickly into water, as a bird does. (verb-intransitive)
• To skip or bounce, especially over the surface of water. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Whether it is the hand dap, which is diasporically universal, or the ease with which Barack's strength is complimentary, not in competition with Michelle's, they have forced America to acknowledge the beauty and humanity of the black family."
• "He possesses the kind of elegance that in a different age would have been described as dap-per."
• "In Sagada, Agawa, Takong, and near-by pueblos the a'-to is said to be known as dap'-ay; and in Balili and Alap both names are known."