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palp
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pælp/
Etymology
- (verb): From French palper.
- (noun): From New Latin palpus (“a feeler”).
- Both ultimately from Latin palpare, palpari (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”).
Noun
palp (plural palps or palpi)
- (zoology) A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in invertebrates; has a variety of functions but is often primarily used for predating.
- Synonyms: palpus, pedipalp
Noun
palp (countable and uncountable, plural palps)
- A fleshy part of a fingertip.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
- 1964, K. B. Gilden, Hurry Sundown
- The palps of her fingers itched, thickened, erected with the need to touch the bent head. Plunge into the dust-moted rough blackness of his hair, smooth back downward over the deep-brown nape of his neck.
- 1984, W. Boyd, Stars & Bars i.i.11:
- With the palp of a forefinger he squeezed moisture from his wiry blond eyebrows.
- 1998, Renny Christopher, Linda Strom, Lisa Orr, Working Class Studies: 1 & 2, Feminist Press at CUNY ?ISBN, page 165
- When Mariuchi caresses the plant, for example, sensuously emitting from the palps of her fingers, a siren song.
- 2008, John Gardner, Mickelsson's Ghosts, New Directions Publishing ?ISBN, page 130
- He tested the blade against the palp of his thumb, then returned to the living room and decisively, scrape by scrape, cut away the hex sign, leaving a halo of ragged wood.
- 2012, Sean Stewart, Star Wars: Dark Rendezvous, Random House ?ISBN
- The bag seethed in her hand, not unpleasantly, as computational monofilaments shifted and flowed under her touch until they cradled the palps of her fingers.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- (medicine, uncountable, colloquial) Short for palpation.
Synonyms
- (appendage): pedipalp
Translations
Verb
palp (third-person singular simple present palps, present participle palping, simple past and past participle palped)
- To feel, to explore by touch.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 729:
- It is not possible to examine a male patient without making him undress and actually palping him all over.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 729:
Translations
Adjective
palp (not comparable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Palpatory; obtained by palpation.
- palp blood pressure
Related terms
- palpability
- palpable
- palpate
- palpation
- palpiform
- palpitate
- palpitation
Further reading
- palp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- palp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- palp at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Appl., Lapp, appl., plap
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palpate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin palp?tus, perfect passive participle of palp? (“touch softly”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: p?l?p?t, IPA(key): /?pælpe?t/
Verb
palpate (third-person singular simple present palpates, present participle palpating, simple past and past participle palpated)
- To examine or otherwise explore through touch, particularly (medicine) in reference to an area or organ of the human body.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":
- David reached inside with his fingers and palpated a logic board.
- I palpated his expired heart.
- 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":
Synonyms
- touch
Translations
Adjective
palpate (not comparable)
- Of palp, or having palp.
Related terms
- palp
- palpability
- palpable
- palpation
- palpiform
- palpitate
- palpitation
Further reading
- palpate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- palpate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Noun
palpate f
- plural of palpata
Verb
palpate
- second-person plural present indicative of palpare
- second-person plural imperative of palpare
- feminine plural of palpato
Latin
Verb
palp?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of palp?
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