unlap

English

Etymology

un- +‎ lap

Verb

unlap (third-person singular simple present unlaps, present participle unlapping, simple past and past participle unlapped)

1. (obsolete) To unfold.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)

2. (intransitive, usually reflexive, motor racing) To overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader).

   Antonym: lap

Translations

motor racing

• Spanish: desdoblar (es)

Anagrams

• ulpan

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “unlap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)