slap (slæp
)
Definitions
noun
- a sharp blow or smack, as with the open hand, something flat, etc
- the sound made by or as if by such a blow
- a sharp rebuke; reprimand
- See a bit of slap and tickle
- See a slap in the face
- See a slap on the back
- See a slap on the wrist
verb
Word forms: slaps, slapping, slapped
- (tr) to strike (a person or thing) sharply, as with the open hand or something flat
- (tr) to bring down (the hand, something flat, etc) sharply
- when intr, usually foll by against to strike (something) with or as if with a slap
- (tr) informal mainly British to apply in large quantities, haphazardly, etc ⇒
she slapped butter on the bread
- See slap on the back
adverb
informal- exactly; directly ⇒
slap on time
- forcibly or abruptly ⇒
to fall slap on the floor
Alternative Forms
ˈslapper nounWord Origin
C17: from Low German slapp, German Schlappe, of imitative originSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations
- British English:
slap
If you slap someone, you hit them with the palm of your hand.He would push or slap her once in a while.slæp VERB He would push or slap her once in a while.
- Spanish: pegar una bofetada v
- French:
taper
vt
- German:
schlagen
v
- Chinese: 拍 v
- Arabic: يُصْفِعُ v
- Portuguese: dar uma tapa em v
- Russian: шлепать v
- Croatian: pljusnuti v
- Czech: plácnout v plácat
- Danish: give lussing v
- Dutch: meppen v
- Finnish: läpsäyttää v
- Greek: χαστουκίζω v
- Italian: schiaffeggiare v
- Japanese: ピシャリと打つ v
- Korean: 찰싹 때리다 v
- Norwegian: klaske v
- Polish: dać klapsa v dawać klapsa
- Brazilian Portuguese: dar uma tapa em v
- European Spanish: pegar una bofetada v
- Swedish: slå v
- Thai: ตบ v
- Turkish: tokatlamak v
- Vietnamese: tát v
Usage examples
Then he shivered at the cry of a woman, the heavy slap of a hand, the curse of a man.
, The Last Raven (1990)According to the Guardian, Ken is about to get tough with pavement smokers and slap them with a 50 fine for littering.
Megastar (2004)Bicek and Patrik Elias took off on a rush, and Bicek ended the play with a long slap shot just under the crossbar.
Globe and Mail (2003)John Edmonds, the GMB's general secretary, said:'Today's statement is effectively a slap in the face for the public sector unions.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Both of us were in dire need of a good hard slap from the backhand of maturity.
, THE SLOW BREATH OF STONE: A Romanesque Love Story (2005)