frape

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹeɪp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Compare frap.

Noun

frape (plural frapes)

1. (obsolete) A crowd, a mob.
   • 1698, Edward Ward, Ecclesia and Factio:

     Then, by their own Corrupted Whimſies led,<be>Where the Frape meet, and common Ills are bred;
     There hear the Church, from whence they came, Lampoon’d,

Etymology 2

Blend of Facebook +‎ rape

Noun

frape (countable and uncountable, plural frapes)

1. (Internet slang, dated) An act of using another person's Facebook account to post derogatory messages.

Verb

frape (third-person singular simple present frapes, present participle fraping, simple past and past participle fraped)

1. (Internet slang, dated) To hijack, and meddle with, someone's Facebook account while it is unattended.

Derived terms

• frapist

Anagrams

• FERPA, afper

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French frapper (“hit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɣape/

Verb

frape

1. To hit

Middle English

Noun

frape (plural frapes)

1. crowd

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)