dap up
To say hello to someone with a cool handshake or fist bump.
Meanings
To greet someone with a specific handshake, fist bump, or elaborate physical greeting gesture as a sign of friendship or respect.
"As soon as he walked into the locker room, his teammates all dapped him up."
To acknowledge or show respect to someone with a physical gesture.
"The coach dapped up every player on the way out of the court."
Rooted in African-American culture and now widespread in youth culture across the United States. 'Dap' originated in the US military among Black soldiers in the 1960s–70s. The gesture varies — it can be a fist bump, a specific handshake sequence, or a one-arm hug. Common in informal, especially male, social settings.
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