Sap

Definitions

1. Initialism of Scientific Advisory Panel.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child.
   British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
   uncountable
4. A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
5. A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
   US, countable, slang
6. Initialism of South African Police.
   South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Initialism of special access program.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
   uncountable
9. Initialism of South Africa Party.
   South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
10. Abbreviation of second audio program.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
11. Any juice.
    countable, uncountable
12. SAP AG, derived from the German Initialism of Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, one of the world's largest software companies.
13. Initialism of structural adjustment program.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
14. Vitality.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
15. Initialism of speech act participant.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
16. A naive person; a simpleton.
    countable, slang
17. Initialism of superabsorbent polymer.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
18. Initialism of superabsorbent powder, made of superabsorbent polymer.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence. In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, the ever-renewed Oriental sap penetrated also into the song.”

“Look⟳ at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend⟳ our own⟳ lawnmower is broken.”

“"Or trying to reproduce⟳ it." "The Mafia wouldn't do that." "Don't be a sap," Hiro says. "Of course they would." Y.T. seems miffed at Hiro.”

“She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk / Can't I ever forget⟳ the way that we are / Spend⟳ all your time with your eyes on the ground / Looking for the stars”

“I risk⟳ my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets and eat⟳ saps.”

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