jaap

/ (jɑːp) /

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noun

Southern African offensive a simpleton or country bumpkin

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Word Origin for jaap

from Afrikaans

Words nearby jaap

Izzak, izzard, izzat, j, ja, jaap, jab, Jabal, Jabalpur, Jabari, jabber

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How to use jaap in a sentence

Dutch war correspondent Hans-Jaap Melissen knows Syria and its conflict well.
Seduced by War, Europeans Join the Fight in Syria|Nadette De Visser|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“And start quarrelling again, with renewed courage, on the first of January,” grinned Jaap.
The Later Life|Louis Couperus
Jaap's own salutations were very elaborate, and altogether of a character to prevent the suspicion of our ever having met before.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper
Thus saying, Jaap rode on, my sister and myself doing the same, pursuing the discourse that had thus accidentally arisen among us.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper

Jaap had made this movement in good season, and we were compelled to row a quarter of a mile down the river to meet the sloop.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper
I had learned enough of Andries and his party to satisfy my curiosity, and Jaap was patiently waiting to succeed me at the table.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper