sap
3
9.9
- noun
- /sæp/
- Archaic
:
porra
- During the investigation, they found a sap hidden under the suspect's bed.
- a leather sap
- a lead-filled sap
Examples
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The officer used his sap to subdue the suspect without causing serious harm.
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Cerrito saps him expertly on the right shoulder, paralyzing his gun arm, spins him, and swipes the sap across his neck.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sap was carrying a gun and beat her with the butt of it.
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A sap pops him behind the left ear.
Fiction book (1991) -
See, he took the dead man's gun, he replaced it with the sap that he hit me with.
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A steel sap whistles over his head, missing by inches.
Fiction book (1991) -
He had a lead sap out and was holding it close to his hip, ready to strike.
Fiction book (1995) -
They found the sap with my blood on it in the dead man's hand.
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The sap catches the dude on the chin and sends his head thunking back onto the rug.
Fiction book (1998) -
My eyes were belt-level with his service revolver and a small leather sap that even then must have been illegal in the state of Texas.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
16
5.0
A short heavy stick that police use as a weapon
16
5.1
A short heavy stick used by police to hit or control crowds
5
9.0
A short thick stick police carry to hit someone or protect themselves
4
7.6
A thick heavy stick or club used as a weapon
3
9.0
A heavy club with a metal head used in battles long ago
2
8.9
A short heavy club covered in leather used to hit people
1
9.9
A short heavy stick with a leather head used to hit people
A short heavy stick that police use to hit or control people
A heavy bamboo stick used by police in India to hit or control people
Idioms
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Etymology
Sap — A helpful way to remember sap for a small club is to think of a young tree branch or sapling full of 'sap' that is flexible enough to be used as a stick, so the weapon itself came to be called a sap.