🤝 A friendly gesture 🤝 To greet with touch 🐟 A freshwater fish 🎣 To fish lightly

to dap

9.9

To fish by letting bait or a fly touch the water surface

verb
/dæp/

Jargon

: pescar tocando la superficie con el cebo

The angler skillfully dapped his bait to attract fish in the shallow stream.

Examples

On calm mornings, she prefers to dap rather than cast her line far out.
He learned to dap for trout by letting the fly skim the water's surface.
He loves to dap for trout in the river.
The fisherman dapped the water gently with his fly.
He used his fly rod to dap the lure gently on the surface of the lake.
To catch trout, you need to dap the bait in the still water near the bank.
On a calm day, it's best to dap the hook so that the fish won't be scared away.

Synonyms

to dab

vsto dap

11 2.8

To touch or apply something lightly and quickly with your hand

is a fishing action that keeps a baited hook on the water surface

Surface Forms

dap infinitive

dapped past

dapped past participle

dapping present participle

daps third person singular

Etymology

Dap as a fishing verb is like the word dab or tap, meaning 'to touch lightly', so to dap is to let your bait or fly just kiss the water surface to attract fish.