verb, noun, adverb
verb (-pp-) [VN]
1 to hit sb/sth with the flat part of your hand:
She slapped his face hard. * She slapped him hard across the face. * 'Congratulations!' he said, slapping me on the back.
2 [VN+adv./prep.] to put sth on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry:
He slapped the newspaper down on the desk. * She slapped a $10 bill into my hand.
3 [V+adv./prep.] to hit against sth with the noise of sb being slapped:
The water slapped against the side of the boat. * I could hear bare feet slapping down the corridor.
PHRASALVERBS
slap sb about / around (informal) to hit sb regularly or often:
Her ex-husband used to slap her around.
slap sb/sth<->down (informal) to criticize sb in an unfair way, often in public, so that they feel embarrassed or less confident:
Anyone who dared to complain was immediately slapped down.
slap sth on sb/sth (informal) to order, especially in a sudden or an unfair way, that sth must happen or sb must do sth:
The company slapped a no-smoking ban on the premises.
slap sth on sth (informal) to increase the price of sth suddenly:
They've slapped 50p on the price of a pack of cigarettes.
slap sth on sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for slap is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does slap appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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