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
Sneaky holds out his fist, and I dap it.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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
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
But even so, there was an eerie feeling when the sirens began to wail just before the end of the day, and Mrs. Baker stood up from her desk and dapped her hands at us.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
But instead of raising his hand for a sub as he hit his 25th minute in the third quarter, Beal was dapping up a fan sitting courtside.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
A photo of crips throwing up their gang sign sits above a photo and explanation of dapping and another of Michelle and Barack Obama fist-bumping.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2019
“It’s been like ten years, duke!” he replied, dapping me twice and then pulling me in for a bear hug.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2017
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
