October 30, 2020 Word of the Day
plural laps
In this event, the swimmers do four laps of freestyle.
Definition of LAP
[count]
1 : an act of going completely around a track or over a course when you are running, swimming, etc.
The race is 12 laps long.
With one lap remaining, the race was still close.
the last/final lap of the race
(US) He was swimming/doing laps in the pool. [=he was swimming from one end of the pool to the other and then back again]
◊ The winner of a race often takes a victory lap (US) or lap of honour (British) by going around the track or over the course alone one more time as a way to celebrate.
2 : a part of a journey
They were in the last lap [=stage, leg] of their trip home from Europe.
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