Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a pair of elongated, often segmented appendages usually found near the mouth in invertebrate organisms such as mollusks, crustaceans, and insects, the functions of which include sensation, locomotion, and feeding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tactile organ; a feeler. See
palpus . - To feel; have a feeling of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel.
- noun (Zoöl.) Same as
palpus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology an
appendage found near the mouth ininvertebrates - noun The fleshy part of a
fingertip - verb To
feel , to explore by touch.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Before the act of cannibalism, which some spiders escape, the male's sexual organ, known as a palp, is broken off inside the female.
Male spiders sacrifice their genitals to fertilise big hungry females 2012
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I'm comforted to know that people who have paid thousands of dollars for custom bicycles are getting the food and shelter they need, and woe unto the indigent who "palp" inferior componentry.
Hacking Away: Epic Schemes and Epic Rides BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Feel free to "palp" your Dutch bike, recumbent, or cargo bike full of borrowed children.
Archive 2010-09-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Feel free to "palp" your Dutch bike, recumbent, or cargo bike full of borrowed children.
Untenable Positions: Contortionist Cockpits BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I tend to 'palp' the 'ride until you are wearing too many clothes to bend your arms look'.
Posable Figures: Playing With Yourself BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I realize it seems a bit indulgent, but rest assured that it is only there for the photo shoot and that I usually "palp" a custom threadless carrot that I "machined" myself with a butter knife.
Bottoms Up: Sloganeering and Engineering BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Wow...a RivBike ad on your site that even co-opted the term "palp" re: running fat tires.
Ax(e) Me No Questions and I'll Tell You No Lies: Earnest Goes to Camp BikeSnobNYC 2010
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This is not the first time relief at Amstel has been palpable, either; back in 2001, when Eric Dekker beat Lance Armstrong, you could "palp" his relief from quite a long distance:
Breaking the Duck: Coming to Terms with Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Of course, you don't "palp" a bike like that every day, which is why the Lone Wolf has also curated this wind-cheating daily rider, photographed by another reader:
Archive 2009-07-01 BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Fortunately, if Matthew McConaughey does decide he wants to "palp" fenders on his next burrito run, WIT has also "curated" this bicycle or at least a picture of it, complete with what appear to be crabon fribé fenders and old-timey ship wheels:
Drug Tests and Bell Checks: The Element of Surprise BikeSnobNYC 2009
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