lap up
Verb
1. take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
(synonym) lap, lick
(hypernym) drink, imbibe
lap up
welcome, appreciate She laps up their compliments. She loves their praise.
lap up
Synonyms and related words:
and sinker, be a sucker, be taken in, bib, bite, devour, drain the cup, dram, drink, drink bottoms-up, drink deep, drink hard, drink off, drink up, eat up, fall for, follow strong drink, gargle, go for, gobble up, grog, gulp down, guzzle, imbibe, knock back, lap, lick, line, nibble, nip, quaff, sip, slurp, soak, soak up, sponge up, sup, swallow, swallow anything, swallow hook, swallow whole, swing at, take the bait, tipple, tope, toss down, toss off, tumble for
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
lap up
phrv. พับเข้าด้วยกัน (คำเก่า); ใช้ลิ้นเลีย (ของเหลวหรือเครื่องดื่ม) (ปกติใช้กับสัตว์); กระตือรือร้นที่จะเชื่อหรือยอมรับ (syn. feed on)