Lap and Touch

Lap

Lap noun - Touching with the tongue.

Usage example: the dog's laps were warm and wet

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Touch and lap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Touch" instead the word "Lap" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: lapped, lapping

Touch noun - The state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation.

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Lap and touch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lap" instead a verb "Touch".

Nearby Words: touched, touchy, touching, toucher, touchable

lap water

touch water

Carleton also remembers that when he was a small boy at his preparatory school, a teacher there used to sit on his bed and talk to him at night, sit Carleton on his lap, and touch Carleton's bottom.

Source: Lover and Beloved
Comments: In the author's own words, This is what happens when one turns to the pairing generator for inspiration, and it smugly tosses Starscream/Captain Archibald Witwicky/Touch into one's lap.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Transformers
Kenji Inafune, one of the creators of the Mega Man series, utterly hated Super Adventure Rockman, a Japan-only FMV title that was mostly handled by others, only dropped into his lap for touch ups where he wasn't allowed any big changes.

Source: Disowned Adaptation

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