dap
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I know you have this other side of you that’s beautiful, with all that dap stuff I still can’t quite get.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
They dap each other up as they criss-cross through the crowd and sing along to the music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Back at his familiar post, he had a chance to dap up old classmates from Lewiston High—Fazla had served as class president—as they came by for late-night snacks.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
I shout, walking from behind the wooden counter reserved for the facility’s law clerks to the front area designated for the general population so I can dap him up.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024
Woody hustled over, and after they exchanged dap, Wes pulled out the bag.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Was this the guy who just the other day had dapped me in the hallway?
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
After the game, a huddle of Huskies — DeBoer included — dapped up Davis on the field.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
Ford ran around the ring and dapped his homies in the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
It was the first time Wentz and McLaurin had run the fade in camp, McLaurin said, and they dapped excitedly multiple times walking back to the sideline.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2022
Izzy spat her drink back into the red plastic cup and dapped her girlfriend.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
“The fighters genuflecting before him, the commentators dapping him up, talking about how great it is that he’s here.”
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
How can one be too sure that the DNA of dapping transferred between Africans of the continent and Africans of the diaspora?
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
He said in the post that the incident stemmed from Lanez taking offense to him walking by and not dapping him as they passed each other in a hallway backstage after the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
“It’s always great when he comes around because everybody loves my lil’ man being in the locker room, coming up and shaking everybody’s hand, dapping everybody up,” Galloway said.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2021
They all swung their hands toward me, dapping me as Coach continued, "You proved that you can get it if you want it. Now get back on the line."
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
