how to pronounce pap

/ˈpæp/

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pap is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pap in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… treatments called a pap which is just …”

meanings of pap

noun:

Nonsense.
A positive airway pressure machine, a PAP device.
A female breast or nipple.
Principle of alternate possibilities.
A paparazzo.
Polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester.
Participatory anthropic principle.
Abbreviation of present active participle.
The pulp of fruit.
A man's breast.
Pap smear.
A rounded, nipple-like hill or peak.
Food in the form of a soft paste, often a porridge, especially as given to very young children.
Acronym of positive airway pressure. (PAP ventilation).
Support from official patronage.
Pa; father.
Abbreviation of past active participle.
Porridge.

verb:

Post a picture.
Alternative letter-case form of PAP (“post a picture").
To feed with pap.
Of a paparazzo, to take a surreptitious photograph of (someone, especially a celebrity) without their consent.

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