The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - lap°v.

1) Often, lap up. lick up, tongue; sip, drink: In a moment, the cat had lapped all the cream from the saucer. 2) wash, splash, ripple, plash, purl: The water rose till it was lapping at the doorstep. 3) lap up. a consume, drink, eat: The dog lapped up every last scrap of food. b accept, believe, credit, fall for, Colloq swallow (whole) , buy: She lapped up Felix's sob story and invited him in at once.