the fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts

gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)

our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians

a tunnel or trench to conceal an assailant's approach to a fortified place

dig a sap or saps

having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, Versaillais troops entered the city

a foolish and gullible person

He fell for it! What a sap!

the FBI had no choice but to arrest the poor sap

a bludgeon or club

hit with a bludgeon or club

it was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change