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Is jap a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jap is a Scrabble US word. The word jap is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

J8A1P3

Is jap a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jap is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

J8A1P3

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3-letter words (1 found)

JAP,

2-letter words (2 found)

JA,PA,

You can make 3 words from jap according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of jap

jap ajp jpa pja apj paj

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Definitions and meaning of jap

jap

Alternative forms

  • Jap

Etymology

Shortening of Japanese, in reference to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp

Verb

jap (third-person singular simple present japs, present participle japping, simple past and past participle japped)

  1. (Canada, US, ethnic slur, slang, transitive) To carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).

Anagrams

  • AJP, JPA, PJA, paj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • ap — Gheg

Etymology

Variant of dialectal ap, from Proto-Albanian *apa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-eio/e-, from *h₁ep- (“to take”). The verb is suppletive with past dhashë and participle dhënë from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaːp/

Verb

jap (aorist dhashë, participle dhënë) (Tosk)

  1. to give

Conjugation

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Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From common dialectal Arabic جَابَ (jāba), from a univerbation of جَاءَ بِ (jāʔa bi-, literally “to come with”), equivalent to Cypriot Arabic ja +‎ b-. Cognate with Egyptian Arabic جاب (gāb, “to bring”), Moroccan Arabic جاب (jāb, “to bring”) and Maltese ġab (“to bring”).

Verb

jap I (present pijíp)

  1. to bring

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 192

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑp/
  • Hyphenation: jap
  • Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

jap m (plural jappen)

  1. (official spelling) Alternative letter-case form of Jap.

German

Interjection

jap

  1. (colloquial) yep; yup; yop

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jap

  1. ash
  2. lime (calcium-containing material)

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

jap

  1. smack

Source: wiktionary.org