lap

lap up

verb

Definition of LAP

to receive or accept gladly or readily <a show-off who laps up attention the way a kitten does milk>

Synonyms drink (in), eat (up), embrace, lap (up)

Related Words adopt, espouse, take up; greet, hail; enjoy, like, prefer; cherry-pick, choose, cull, decide (on), elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, select, single (out), take

Near Antonyms balk (at), decline, pass up, refuse, reject, spurn, throw over, turn down; demur (to), object (to)