fraps
- noun
- /fræps/
- Slang
:
frappé
- I ordered a delicious frap with caramel and whipped cream for my afternoon treat.
This computer that costs less than your non fat half sugar mocha latte frap or whatever that you got this morning.
- This computer that costs less than your non fat half sugar mocha latte frap or whatever that you got this morning.
Examples
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Meanwhile, we've got a Starbucks frap mocha.
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Skip the banana frap with double the whipped cream for one day, and you support us for the entire month.
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B has two take out orders with fraps and A two big bags.
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This computer that costs less than your non fat half sugar mocha latte frap or whatever that you got this morning.
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On a hot day, nothing beats a refreshing frap to cool down.
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She enjoyed her chocolate frap while sitting on the patio at the cafe.
Synonyms
6
9.9
A cold blended coffee drink often sweetened and topped with whipped cream
6
4.3
A cold sweet coffee drink blended with ice and often topped with whipped cream
2
6.1
A thick cold drink made with milk and ice, often with ice cream
Surface Forms
Morphology
fraps = frap (transparent) = frap + s
The plural suffix '-s' is fully transparent, and the meaning is a straightforward plural of the base noun 'frap'.
Etymology
Fraps comes from the French word frappé and the popular name frappuccino, both linked to the verb frapper meaning 'to hit'. A helpful image is coffee being 'hit' with ice and milk by shaking or blending, so fraps are cold, blended coffee drinks.