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"Gid-dap, Clipclap!" cried Teddy.

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  1. intransitive verb To fish by letting a baited hook fall gently onto the water.
  2. intransitive verb To dip lightly or quickly into water, as a bird does.
  3. intransitive verb To skip or bounce, especially over the surface of water.

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  • In it was featured every kind of dap, shrug, bump (chest, side and aerial), choreographed handshake and mimed camera that you could imagine. —  SI.com
  • The boy took his seat beside her and said: "Gid-dap, Jim As the horse ambled along, drawing the buggy, the people of the glass city made way for them and formed a procession in their rear. —  Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
  • They are not considered as ballyan_, yet they talk to the spirits upon certain occasions When a pregnant woman is about to be delivered the midwife crushes the bark of the dap-dap tree and makes a medicine called tagaumo_, which she gives to the patient. —  The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition
  • So they were quite content as the Toyman said "Gee-dap," and they drove off through the night They had gone but a short distance when they saw a light. —  Half-Past Seven Stories
  • "Gid-dap, Clipclap It's a good thing we've two ponies instead of one goat," remarked Janet, after they had ridden on a little farther Course it is," agreed Ted. —  Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Probably alteration of dab1.

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  1. Also dape; a form of dab or dop.
 

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