lap up

Verb
Synonyms: laplap uplick

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. take up with the tongue“The cat lapped up the milk”“the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast”Synonyms: laplap uplick
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

lap up \lap up\, v. t. [See lap, v. i.]

1.To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up. [1913 Webster]

2.(fig.) To accept or enjoy enthusiatically and uncritically; as, to lap up praise. [PJC]

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