lapped

A smiling Serrano lapped up the applause, dancing her way through a line of Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

As she sped away, flames from burning brush leaped up and lapped over the car.

These were the moments the media lapped up and when staff were kept on their toes.

Some Conservatives believe that Jenrick’s later rupture with Sunak was in part born of frustration that he had been "lapped" politically by his two old friends.

The audience lapped it up, cheering and shouting "shame" at any mention of Labour or Conservative politicians.