Definition of frap Frap

/fɹæˈp/ - [fratp] - frap

We found 10 definitions of frap from 6 different sources.

What does frap mean?

WordNet

Verb fraps, frapping, frapped
frap - take up the slack of; "frap a rope"
		fasten, tighten attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
frap - make secure by lashing; "frap a sail"
		lash bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"

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Wiktionary

frap (Noun)
frappuccino.
frap (Verb)
To draw together tightly.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

frap (v. t.)
To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
frap (v. t.)
To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

frap
frap, v.t. to strike: (naut.) to secure by many turns of a lashing. [Fr. frapper, to strike.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

frap
A boat for shipping salt, used at Mayo, one of the Cape de Verde Islands.
frap
To bind tightly together. To pass lines round a sail to keep it from blowing loose. To secure the falls of a tackle together by means of spun yarn, rope yarn, or any lashing wound round them. To snap the finger and thumb; to beat.

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frap, verb, present, 1st person singular of frap (infinitive).
frap, verb (infinitive).

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