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sapsnounpl. of sap one who is easily deceived or cheatedsome poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam chumps, dupes, gulls, mugs(chiefly British), patsies, pigeons, pushovers, soft touches, suckers, tools cat's-paws, marks, targets, victimsschlemiels(also shlemiels)butts, derisions, laughingstocks, mockeries, mocksboobies, dodoes(or dodos), fools, geese, half-wits, jackasses, lunatics, monkeys, nincompoops, ninnies, nitwits, simpletons, simps, turkeys, yo-yoslosersblockheads, dolts, dopes, dumbbells, dummies, dunces, idiots, imbeciles, morons, schlubs(also shlubs, slang), schlumps(slang), schnooks(slang) cheaters, cheats, confidence men, cozeners, defrauders, dodgers, hoaxers, sharks, sharpers, slickers, swindlers, tricksters a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishmentthe sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline bastinadoes(or bastinades), batons, bats, billies, billy clubs, bludgeons, canes, clubs, cudgels, nightsticks, rods, rungs(Scottish), shillelaghs(also shillalahs), staffs(or staves), truncheons, waddies(Australian) blackjacks, knobkerries, macesbirches, crabsticks, hickories, rattans, staves, switchesbeetles, gavels, hammers, mallets, mauls, sledgehammerscrooks, crosiers(or croziers), walking sticks, whangees to diminish the physical strength ofweeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted debilitates, devitalizes, enervates, enfeebles, etiolates, prostrates, softens, tires, wastes, weakens cripples, disables, hamstrings, incapacitatesdepletes, depresses, exhausts, impoverishes, unmans, washes outdamages, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, invalids, lays upbreaks down, grinds (down), wears down, wears outparalyzes beefs (up), fortifies, strengthens energizes, invigorates, recruits, rejuvenates, vitalizeshardens, seasons, toughens |