Dapping

For the style of handshake, see Dap greeting. For the metalworking technique whereby flat sheet metal is formed into a non-flat object by hammering it into a concave indentation, see Sinking (metalworking).

Dapping in nature, workshop practice, and in angling describes special examples of dipping, dabbing, or bouncing actions.

Usage

The Oxford English Dictionary defined dap in part as follows: "daps" meaning "ways, modes of action"; hence in dialect, "likeness, image". A dap can be a bounce of a ball, etc. Correspondingly, as a verb, "dap" or "dape", is apparently parallel to "dab", the final "p" expressing a lighter touch. It can mean to fish by letting the bait dip and bob lightly onto the water. Also generally to rebound.[1] In modern practice the term "dapping" is not commonly used except in specific senses.

Technology

It can refer to the metalworking techniques known as "sinking", and in angling as letting the bait or lure bob lightly and repetitively down onto the water surface in the manner of certain behaviour patterns of gracile flying insects such as crane flies, mayflies, or caddisflies and others.[2] Dapping can also be the newest addition to the emerging vocabularies associated with smart phone usage such as (e-mailing, texting, tweeting, facebooking, selfie). Apps (short for application) created for smart phones have already exceeded the one million mark. just like texting, people who own smart phones are always engaged in downloading apps which also could be referred to as dapping.

Natural history

In natural history dapping is the motion that many aquatic flying insects engage in when laying their eggs. This is a mode of oviposition related to certain ecological strategies of reproduction. Among those best known for such behaviour are some Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), many Trichoptera (caddisflies), craneflies, mosquitoes, and Ephemeroptera (mayflies).[3] This action is highly attractive to certain fishes, and anglers try to imitate the effect.

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Lesley (1993). The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Oxford [Eng.]: Clarendon. ISBN 0-19-861271-0.
  2. ↑ Hodgson, William Earl; "An Angler's Season" Publisher: A. and C. Black (1909) May be downloaded from: https://archive.org/details/ananglersseason00hodggoog
  3. ↑ Skaife, S. H., "African Insect Life", Pub. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1953.
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