Standard Lemma guide

lappy

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adj

Meaning 1

of glass, having strata due to the pour being inconsistent, of molten glass having such an inconsistency, generally due to returned lumps of glass still being at different temperatures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: jargon

Examples

  • 1912 Western Glass Co. v. Schmertz Wire-Glass Co. & Mississippi Wire Glass Co, US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Defendant's Evidence, Deposition of Clement J. Jungers, reproduced in Supreme Court of the United States, October Term AD 1915 No. 752, Western Glass Co. v. Schmertz Wire-Glass Co. & Mississippi Wire Glass Co. On petition for a writ of certiorari, page 216. Lappy glass means nothing else than the glass already in the pot or in the melting furnace in different stratas of different constituencies, consequently if this glass is rolled out ... as a rule is very hard to manipulate with the diamonds for cutting, and if the lappy condition is very great the glass breaks...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A laptop computer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A lapdance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the lapwing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Yorkshire

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A lapphund

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Shortened forms + -y.