dap

Example Sentences

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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

The best example of this is the famous "Key & Peele" skit of President Obama reserving dap for skin folk and kinfolk alike while extending the standard handshake for white folks.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

Jam gave her a thumbs-up and then reached across the kitchen island to dap Beloved, who’d reached his fist out from behind his sketchpad, his glasses slipping down his nose.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi