slap
Part of speech: noun
verb
adv
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”). Compare also Italian sleppa (“slap”).
Inflected forms:
form: slaps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slaps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slapping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slapped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slapped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more slap
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most slap
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.
gloss: A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles
gloss: The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.
gloss: Makeup; cosmetics.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
gloss: An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: […] which seek to retake public space for their own expression, using graffiti, stickering, 'slaps' and street art to dissent from the commercialisation of the public sphere.
gloss: To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She slapped him in response to the insult.
gloss: To cause something to strike soundly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
gloss: To strike soundly against something.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The rain slapped against the window-panes.
Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
gloss: To be excellent, especially when relating to music.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
stative
examples: The band's new single slaps.
There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.
Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.
2016's 'Girls Like Me' still slaps to this day.
Extremely stupid but extremely catchy, with the squelchiest synth I’ve ever heard, it slaps in the simplest way a song can slap.
And yes, some characters are trapped in a room filling with yoghurt. But despite our misgivings, this show still absolutely slaps[.]
gloss: To place, to put carelessly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
Louise Belcher: "On Monday there was supposed to be some big schoolboard inspection or something, so instead of cleaning the place up, what does the principal do? He panics. He and the janitor and the janitor's brother slap a wall where the door used to be."
Gene Belcher: "Wall slap."
gloss: To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
informal
transitive
examples: I was slapped with a parking fine.
As part of Switzerland's direct democratic system, voters will also be weighing in on whether to slap new taxes on the super-rich to help finance the country's effort against climate change.
gloss: To play slap bass on (an instrument).
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: With no drums, Black began slapping his bass to keep time while Moore's guitar leaped in and out of the melody line.
gloss: Exactly, precisely
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.
You just take my orders, Cap’n Hawkins, and we’ll sail slap in and be done with it.
They called the tom-cat to the trap, / Who molrowed as he smelt at the door, O— / Opened his mouth and swallowed him slap, / All the while most profanely he swore, O!
gloss: Very good, excellent, amazing.
pos: adj
tags: UK
slang
examples: These cookies are slap.
Derived words: back slap
backslap
back-slapping
beslap
bitch slap
bitch-slap
butt-slapping
chain slap
cockslap
cyberslap
dickslap
dope slap
go slap off on
happy slap
happy slapping
Iberian slap
kerslap
knee-slapping
pimp-slap
pimp slap
slap and tickle
slapback
slap-back
slap bet
slap bracelet
slapdash
slapdown
slap fight
slapgate
Slapgate
slaphappy
slap-headed
slap in the face
slap mark
slap marker
slap of five
slap on the arm
slap on the back
slap on the hand
slap on the wrist
slappity
slap print
slappy
slap shot
slapsies
slap skate
slapstick
thigh-slapping
tight slap
trout slap
trout-slap
turkey slap
wall slap
slap around
slap bellies
slap down
slap leather
slap my ass and call me Judy
slap my ass and call me Sally
slappable
slappee
slapper
slappingly
slap someone around
slap someone five
slap someone's wrist
slap together
slap-up
unslapped
wrist-slap
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: läpsähdys
lang: Finnish
word: läpsäys
lang: Finnish
word: räpsähdys
lang: Russian
word: шлепо́к
roman: šlepók
lang: Russian
word: хлопо́к
roman: xlopók
lang: Spanish
word: bofetada
lang: Spanish
word: cachetada
lang: Swahili
word: kibare
lang: Albanian
word: backos
lang: Ao
word: ama (Chungli)
lang: Arabic
word: صَفَعَ
roman: ṣafaʕa
lang: Arabic
word: لَطَمَ
roman: laṭama
lang: Arabic
word: كفخ
roman: kafax
lang: Arabic
word: لطش
roman: lɑtˤɑʃ
lang: Arabic
word: رزع
roman: razaʕ
lang: Arabic
word: رقع
roman: raʔaʕ
lang: Arabic
word: ضرب
roman: dˤɑrɑb
lang: Arabic
word: ناول
roman: nawel
lang: Arabic
word: سفخ
roman: safax
lang: Arabic
word: هت
roman: hatt
lang: Arabic
word: هف
roman: haff
lang: Arabic
word: أعطى كف
roman: ʔaʕṭa kaff
lang: Arabic
word: صَفَق
roman: ṣafag
lang: Arabic
word: رقع
roman: ragaʕ
lang: Arabic
word: لطش
roman: laṭaš
lang: Arabic
word: لطم
roman: laṭam
lang: Armenian
word: ապտակել
roman: aptakel
lang: Armenian
word: չափալախել
roman: čʻapʻalaxel
lang: Assamese
word: চৰিওৱা
roman: soriüa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şapalaqlamaq
lang: Basque
word: aurpegian jo
lang: Central Bikol
word: sapak
lang: Bulgarian
word: шляпвам
roman: šljapvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: зашлевявам
roman: zašlevjavam
lang: Catalan
word: bufetejar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏏᏛᏂᎭ
roman: asidvniha
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 掌摑 /掌掴
roman: zhǎngguāi
lang: Dutch
word: meppen
lang: Dutch
word: kletsen
lang: Esperanto
word: vangofrapi
lang: Finnish
word: läimäyttää
lang: Finnish
word: läpsäyttää
lang: Finnish
word: läpäyttää
lang: Finnish
word: läpsäistä
lang: French
word: gifler
lang: French
word: fesser
lang: German
word: klatschen
lang: German
word: (leicht) schlagen
lang: German
word: patschen
lang: German
word: ohrfeigen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: kaupatjan
lang: Greek
word: χαστουκίζω
roman: chastoukízo
lang: Greek
word: σφαλιαρίζω
roman: sfaliarízo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ῥαπίζω
roman: rhapízō
lang: Hindi
word: थप्पड़ मारना
roman: thappaṛ mārnā
lang: Hungarian
word: pofon vág
lang: Hungarian
word: képen töröl
lang: Hungarian
word: arcul üt
lang: Hungarian
word: arcul csap
lang: Ido
word: frapar
lang: Indonesian
word: menampar
lang: Ingrian
word: iskiä
lang: Ingrian
word: löövvä
lang: Ingrian
word: peeksää
lang: Ingrian
word: tappaa
lang: Ingrian
word: kleittää
lang: Ingrian
word: issuttaa
lang: Ingrian
word: napsuttaa
lang: Ingrian
word: kommia
lang: Italian
word: schiaffeggiare
lang: Italian
word: colpire
lang: Italian
word: dare una pacca a
lang: Japanese
word: ひっぱたく
lang: Japanese
word: 平手打ちする
lang: Khmer
word: ទះ
roman: teah
lang: Khmer
word: ទះកំផ្លៀង
roman: teah kɑmplieŋ
lang: Central Kurdish
word: زلە لێدان
roman: zle lêdan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: چەپۆک لێدان
roman: çepok lêdan
lang: Latin
word: depalmo
lang: Latin
word: alapam dō
lang: Lithuanian
word: pliaukštelėti
lang: Māori
word: taupaki
lang: Māori
word: pāhia
lang: Norman
word: charbousseter
lang: Norman
word: cliaper
lang: Norman
word: cliatchi
lang: Norman
word: cliamûser
lang: Norwegian
word: fike
lang: Norwegian
word: slå
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: klaska
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: daska
lang: Old English
word: plættan
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: aabappe
lang: Persian
word: سیلی زدن
roman: sili zadan
lang: Portuguese
word: esbofetear
lang: Portuguese
word: dar um tapa
lang: Quechua
word: ch'aqlay
lang: Russian
word: шлёпать
roman: šljópatʹ
lang: Russian
word: шлёпнуть
roman: šljópnutʹ
lang: Russian
word: дава́ть пощёчину
roman: davátʹ poščóčinu
lang: Russian
word: дать пощёчину
roman: datʹ poščóčinu
lang: Spanish
word: abofetear
lang: Spanish
word: cachetear
lang: Spanish
word: lapear
lang: Spanish
word: bofetear
lang: Spanish
word: guantear
lang: Spanish
word: manotear
lang: Spanish
word: palmotear
lang: Swedish
word: smälla till
lang: Turkish
word: tokatlamak
lang: Turkish
word: vurmak
lang: Turkish
word: şamarlamak
lang: Turkish
word: sille atmak
lang: Turkish
word: aşk etmek
lang: Urdu
word: تھپڑ مارنا
roman: thappaṛ mārnā
lang: Vietnamese
word: tát
lang: Vietnamese
word: vỗ
lang: Vietnamese
word: vả
lang: Volapük
word: flapilön