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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

My new teammates called out their names as I gave each of them a quick dap, an informal greeting of clasped hands and bumped chests.

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

Outside the throng at midfield, safety Jaden Hicks dapped up a friend, and in the middle of it all, a line of Cougars jumped up and down like it was at a rave.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 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

I thought just by looking at him he was a quiet person, and when he dapped me up, we was talking and I was like, “I thought you was a quiet person.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2022

He even felt real—he held out his fist as I walked closer, gripping the very real green seat backs, and after a few seconds I dapped him up, staring at him when our knuckles connected.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

“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

He has now become the guy who seems like he’s always been there — behind the booth mingling with the DJs, dapping up the designers at the fashion party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The linkages between modern dapping and African handshakes aren’t a coincidence.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

“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