dap
- noun
- /dæp/
- UK
:
pequeño pez de agua dulce
- Anglers often spot a dap swimming near the surface on sunny days.
Examples
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Children watched as a dap darted between the rocks in the shallow river.
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I caught a dap while fishing in the river.
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He found a tiny dap in the stream and carefully released it back into the water.
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The dap swims gracefully in the shallow waters.
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The children excitedly pointed at a small dap swimming near the rocks in the stream.
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While fishing in the river, she was thrilled to catch a shiny dap wriggling on the line.
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On a warm day, we saw a dap gliding just beneath the surface of the clear water.
Synonyms
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A small thin freshwater fish with a blue-green body that lives in rivers and streams
A small European freshwater fish with a slender blue-green body
A freshwater fish like a dace or chub that lives in rivers and streams
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dap for a small freshwater fish probably comes from an old short word for a little river fish, similar to the word dace, so you can remember a dap as a tiny, quick 'little river fish'.