dewlap

English

Etymology

First element of unknown meaning and origin (compare dewclaw) + Old English læppa (“a loose hanging piece”) (compare jellop, jowlop).

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.læp/, /ˈdju.læp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdjuː.læp/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -uːlæp

Noun

dewlap (plural dewlaps)

1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal.
   • 1901 – 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

     Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

2. The sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human.
   • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 2”, in Midwinter Break, page 36:

     He ended up looking at himself in the mirror. His image stared back at him. He was developing a dewlap - a definite dewlap. He waggled under his chin scornfully with his fingers.

Translations

pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, or a similar feature on any other animal

• Catalan: papada (ca) f
• Dutch: keelhuid f
• Finnish: helluvainen
• French: fanon (fr) m
• Galician: gorgueira (gl) f, papo (gl) m, barbada (gl) f
• Georgian: ღაბაბი (ka) (ɣababi)
• German: Wamme (de) f, Kehlwamme f

  Alemannic German: Buuchlämpe m (on cattle)

• Greek:

  Ancient: λωγάνιον n (lōgánion)

• Haryanvi: अयाल (ayāl)
• Hungarian: lebeny (hu), toka (hu), lebernyeg (hu)
• Icelandic: hes n
• Irish: sprochaille f, preiceall m
• Italian: pappagorgia f
• Latin: paleāria n pl
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хөх (mn) (xöx)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠬᠦ (kökü)

• Nandi: lakop
• Norman: brueûtchet m (Jersey)
• Ottoman Turkish: صقاق (sakak)
• Polish: podgardle (pl) n, łałok (pl) m
• Russian: подгру́док (ru) m (podgrúdok)
• Scottish Gaelic: sporan m, caisean m
• Spanish: papo (es) m, papada (es) f
• Swedish: dröglapp c (on cattle)
• Telugu: గంగడోలు (te) (gaṅgaḍōlu)
• Turkish: gerdan (tr), gıdık (tr)
• Welsh: tagell f

sagging flesh on the throat of an elderly human — see also double chin

• Catalan: papada (ca) f
• Finnish: kaksoisleuka (fi)
• Galician: papo (gl) m
• Hungarian: toka (hu)
• Irish: preiceall m
• Italian: pappagorgia f
• Ottoman Turkish: صقاق (sakak)
• Russian: второ́й (ru) (vtorój) подборо́док (ru) m (podboródok)
• Spanish: papada (es) f
• Turkish: gıdık (tr)
• Welsh: tagell f

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