slap

slap
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ gentle, light, little, playful
▪

She gave him a playful slap on the arm as everyone laughed.

▪ hard, painful, sharp, stinging
▪ resounding
▪ friendly, hearty
▪

He gave his brother a hearty slap on the back to congratulate him.

VERB + SLAP
▪ deliver, give sb
▪

Her mother delivered a hard slap and sent her to bed.

▪ get, receive
▪ deserve, need
▪

That boy needs a slap!

PREPOSITION
▪ slap across
▪

He received a slap across the face.

▪ slap on
▪

They congratulated me with hearty slaps on the back.

▪ with a slap
▪

He hit the water with a resounding slap.

PHRASES
▪ a slap in the face (figurative)
▪

The closure of the school is a slap in the face to the local community.

▪ a slap on the wrist (figurative)
▪

We're hoping that she gets off with a slap on the wrist from the judge.

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verb
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪ gently, lightly, playfully
▪ away
▪

She slapped his hand away.

PREPOSITION
▪ across
▪

The officer slapped him hard across the face.

▪ on
▪

She slapped the boy on the leg.

PHRASES
▪ slap sb in the face (usually figurative)
▪

I felt like I had been slapped in the face.

Slap is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bottom, ↑forehead, ↑hand, ↑knee, ↑order, ↑palm, ↑tariff

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  • slap — slap; slap·dash·ery; slap·dash·ness; slap·hap·pi·ness; slap·jack; slap·per; slap·py; back·slap·per; …   English syllables

  • slap — s.n. (muz.) Efect sonor obţinut la contrabas prin lovirea gâtului instrumentului. [pr.: slep] – cuv. engl. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 25.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  slap (muz.) s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • şlap — ŞLAP, şlapi, s.m. Papuc (1) pentru plajă, baie etc. fără toc şi cu feţe din una sau mai multe bentiţe. – Din germ. Schlappe. Trimis de cata, 01.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  ŞLAP s. v. papuc. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  şlap s. m …   Dicționar Român

  • Slap — Slap, adv. [Cf. LG. slap, G. schlapp. See {Slap}, n.] With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] The railroad cars drive slap into the city. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slap — slȃp m <N mn slápovi> DEFINICIJA 1. mjesto na kojem se voda tekućica prelijeva niz kamenje, stijenje (ob. s visine); buk, vodopad 2. pren. ono što se naglo, brzo, u velikoj količini izlijeva ili prosipa (jaka svjetlost, bujna kosa)… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • slap — [slap] n. [LowG sklapp: of echoic orig.] 1. a) a blow or smack, esp. with something flat, specif. the palm of the hand b) the sound of this, or a sound like it 2. an injury to pride, self respect, etc., as an insult or rebuff vt. slapped,… …   English World dictionary

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  • Slap — Slap, n. [OE. slappe; akin to LG. slappe, G. schlappe; probably of imitative origin.] A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Slap — Slap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slapping}.] To strike with the open hand, or with something broad. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slap-up — /slap up /, adj. Brit. Informal. excellent; first rate: a slap up do. [1820 30] * * * …   Universalium

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