Lapses

Word LAPSES
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈlæpsɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Lapses"

What do we mean by lapses?

A temporary failure; a slip.

A decline or fall in standards.

A pause in continuity.

An interval of time between events.

A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

A fall or apostasy.

An American indie band formed in late 1997. The band was comprised of Chris Leo (formerly of Native Nod) and Toko Yasuda (formerly of The Van Pelt and Blonde Redhead. Chris played guitar while Toko played bass. Both sang. Much of the vocals were delivered as spoken-word. The band released two records through Southern Records; Betrayal! and Heaven' Ain't Happenin'. The band broke up in 2001, and its extensive influence in the United States indie scene is often overlooked. Yasuda currently plays in the band Enon, while Leo leads The Vague Angels. Urban Dictionary

Jamaican term for unintentionally saying something gay, especially around around a group straight male friends. The term refers to a brief lapse in judgement that makes an individual say something he or she did not mean in the way it was perceived. Urban Dictionary

Short for when you have had your ass fucked so hard or you’ve pounded someone’s ass so relentlessly that the anus is prolapsing. Urban Dictionary

A mentally challenged individual who's lost in the sauce. Urban Dictionary

Iz like when yuz pass up on a chance to holla at a biatch Urban Dictionary

Time-Lapse is another word for getting high. If you have an iPhone and have ever used the time-lapse feature then you know that u can take a 30min video and it will show you everything in 10min. When you are high and zone out and then come back, you look at the time and only 5 minutes has passed and it felt like 20min, you just Lapsed. Urban Dictionary

Random reoccurrence of testicular pain well after initial vasectomy aching. Can occur years after frozen peas period has passed. Urban Dictionary

When one has made an error that they would not have ordinarily made, they have had a lapse in judgment. Urban Dictionary

When you're taking a shit and after the first log has dropped you experience a moment of paused defecation before the second log drops Urban Dictionary

Doing something irreparably stupid as a result of a temporary lapse in reason caused by a hot chick. (not to be confused with chicks' laps, which are significantly cooler) Urban Dictionary

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The word "lapses" in example sentences

It is unclear whether Bernanke could continue to run the central bank if he is not confirmed before his term lapses January 31. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said Pakistan shared intelligence "with the rest of the world, including the United States," so if there were what he called lapses in Pakistan "that means lapses from the whole world." ❋ By ALAN COWELL (2011)

Brennan blamed a series of what he called lapses and human errors in U.S. intelligence and security defenses for allowing a Nigerian man to board the plane with explosives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The adviser, John Brennan, says there were a series of what he called lapses and errors in sharing intelligence about the Nigerian man accused in the foiled attempt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Brennan blamed a series of what he called lapses and human errors in US intelligence and security defences for allowing a Nigerian man to board the plane with explosives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republicans lashed out at the Obama administration Monday for what they called lapses in security and an inadequate response to the attack. ❋ Unknown (2009)

` ` To start the season the way he started with those kind of lapses is inexcusable and unacceptable, and I think we're over that. '' ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the nature of such lapses is changing due to the immediate and easy access to information and ideas as well as the fluidity of communication engendered by new social media platforms we see today. ❋ Unknown (2009)

McCain with all of his stench, ill temperment and memory lapses is still better than no check and balance at all ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

It takes them only a short time, maybe a year and a half or so, to learn that while they can get away with certain lapses of behavior at home, their public behavior will not embarrass me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And various serious people I know have momentary or long-term lapses, sometimes very serious ones, on this issue or that. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The whole heavy atmosphere of the prelude to the war, the exhausting war itself, and its baleful aftermath: it's all there, reported with a vividness that eschews the consciously poetic but never lapses from the truly dramatic, because he had the talent and the humility to assess even a V-1 in terms of its effect on his own character, using his soliloquy to explain the play: ❋ Unknown (1999)

Short-term lapses in competence are forgivable, but fundamentally dishonorable intentions are not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Lapse was one of the greatest American [indie] [bands] of [all-time]. ❋ Ted Leo (2008)

Friend1: Ok so we need one more player for our football team. Guy: OH, [Dick ME]! I mean pick! Friend1: [Bredda] you [lapse] just now Guy: Sorry idk how dick came out of my mouth Friend1: You lapse again ❋ KyngButler (2021)

I can’t do anything today after last night. I’m [lapsing]. I need to get to [the doctor]. I’m lapsing. [I left] her laying on the bed lapsing. ❋ Eaton Holgoode (2018)

You're so [lapsed] [bruv] [Lapsed] [bunda] How lapsed are you ❋ Lord Pathi (2017)

"Yo son how [yuz] gone lapse on shorty [like dat]??? She was [feelin you] dawg!!!!!!!!" ❋ Rxsteven & Nastyness (2003)

[Time Lapse] at 420?? We [lapsing] tonight?? Time-Lapse?? Bro I had the craziest [lapse] ever ❋ Signum (2015)

Sorry guys, can't [shoot hoops] today, I think I'm having [a V] [lapse]. ❋ FriendlyDan (2015)

"I got very [intoxicated] and [ate] an entire [cake]. I had a momentary lapse of judgment." ❋ Peaches86 (2018)

[Sorry I'm] late but I couldn't [hastily] [defecate] due to a momentary lapse in fudgement ❋ Skawt Ef (2007)

Dude [Uno]: Hey so are you and Matt on speaking terms now? Dude [Dos]: Na, [i fucked up] our relationship by going after his girl Stacey. Dude Uno : Man, you had yourself a major chick lapse. ❋ Batt Men (2008)

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