Home › Words › U › underlapunderlapunderlap means A portion of material that is overlapped by another.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, underlap ranks #9,842 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom under- + lap.nounA portion of material that is overlapped by another.A player's position or movement inside and forward of an attacking team-mate (contrasted with an overlap, which is outside and forward)e.g.“Lewis-Skelly stepping into midfield, or occasionally going on the underlap while Rashford stayed high and wide.” — 2025 March 22, Jonathan Liew, “Lewis-Skelly gamble pays off for Tuchel as he balances impatience and reality”, in The Guardian, London:verbTo be overlapped by; to protrude underneath.to move in an underlapDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).