Race segments (4 letters)

{ Answer }

LAPS

{ Related Clues }

Circuits
Enfolds
Swathes
Babies' perches
Baby holders
Children's seats
Folds over
Formula One units
Goes one up on
Hollow places
Napkin holders
Overtakes, in a way
Places for Pekes
Pool activity
Pool exercise
Pool regimen
Pool units
Runners' units
Running in circles?
Sitters' creations
Sitting formations
Swimmers' distances
Swimmer's regimen
Swimmer's routine
Swimming units
Toddlers' perches
Track circuits
Track measures
Track units
Drinks like a dog
Indy 500's 200
Race-track circuits
Sitting spots on Santas
Swimmers do them
Trips around the oval
Trips around the track
Gets a circuit ahead in a race
Pool swimmers' distance units
Swimmers may do them

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer LAPS is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

LAP as a noun:

1. the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"

2. an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"

3. (lap, lap covering) = the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains"

4. (lap, overlap) = a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

5. (lap, circle, circuit) = movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

6. (lick, lap) = touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

LAP as a verb:

1. lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

2. (lick, lap) = pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"

3. (lap, swish, swosh, swoosh) = move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"

4. (lap, lap up, lick) = take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"

5. (lave, lap, wash) = wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"