Slap

Definition: Slap

Slap

Adverb

1. (informal) directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her".

Noun

1. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).

2. The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand.

Verb

1. Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SLAP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Slap

Attack

Strike at, poke at, thrust at; aim a blow at, deal a blow at; give one a blow, fetch one a blow, fetch one a kick, give one a kick; have a cut at, have a shot at, take a cut at, take a shot at, have a fling at, have a shy at; be down upon, pounce upon; fall foul of, pitch into, launch out against; bait, slap on the face; make a thrust at, make a pass at, make a set at, make a dead set at; bear down upon.

Disapprobation

Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Inquiry

Scratch the head, slap the forehead.

Instantaneity

Adverb: instantaneously; Adjective: in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment; n. in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice; in one's tracks; right away; toute a l'heure; at one jump, in the same breath, per saltum, uno saltu; at once, all at once; plump, slap; "at one fell swoop"; at the same instant; Noun: immediately; (early); extempore, on the moment, on the spot, on the spur of the moment; no sooner said than done; just then; slap-dash; (haste).

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

Punishment

Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye.

Lash, scaffold; (instrument of punishment); imprisonment; (restraint); transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys; beating;Verb: flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow; (impulse); stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade.

Resentment

Buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.

Crosswords: Slap

Danish (flaccid), Dutch (flat), Manx (slip ), Serbo-Croatian (cascade, chute, overfall, riffle, waterfall).

Slap was a bit much (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

All right Skinner, that's the last time you'll slap your Willie around (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Why didn't Vera slap your face (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

You better tell me before I slap you cross-eyed (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren)

You slap 'em around a bit, you torture 'em, you make their lives a living hell, and sure, the nice guys, they'll run away, but every now and then you'll come across a real prince of a guy like Spike who gets off on it. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Damn if I say it you can slap me right here ("Fight the Power"; performing artist: Public Enemy)

Even a mosquito doesn't get a slap on the back until he starts to work. (references; author: unknown)

Slap af (1973)

Frede! Slap af (1966)

Slap Happy Sleuths (1950)

Lies and Lipstick Slap! - Love (1998)

The Slap Maxwell Story (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Slap & Pop Technique for Guitar with CD (Audio) (reference)

• Slap Bass Lines (reference)

• Slap Happy: How to Play World-Beat Rhythms with Just Your Body and a Buddy (reference)

• Slap Shot (reference)

• Slap Shots: Hockey's Greatest Insults (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Slap (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Slap Shot 2 - Breaking the Ice (reference)

• Slap Shot/Slap Shot 2 (reference)

• The Slap Bass Program (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Slap Me Five (reference)

• The Slap of Reality (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Super Slap Shot (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Major: if a man were to slap your wife's cheek, what would you do? : Pacifist: I'd turn her other cheek. Credit: Library of Congress.

Doe niet zo slap, versterk de PSP: wordt lid!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Wonderful to tell, she did not give her a slap nor even call her a hard name

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "slap": slap a tariff ♦ slap bang ♦ slap bang! ♦ slap comedy ♦ slap dash ♦ slap down ♦ slap happy ♦ slap in the face ♦ slap jack ♦ slap on ♦ slap on the back ♦ slap on the face ♦ slap on the side ♦ slap one's knees ♦ slap smb.'s face ♦ slap stick ♦ slap the forehead ♦ slap together ♦ slap up ♦ slap up meal. Additional references.

Beginning with "slap": slap-and-tickle, slap-back, slap-bang, slap-bangs, slap-dash, slap-down, slap-happy, slap-slap, slap-slap-slap, slap-smack, slap-stick, slap-up.

Ending with "slap": face-slap, slap-slap, slap-slap-slap.

Albanian

shputë (foot, hoof, sole, toe), shpullë (clip, clout, swipe, wallop), shpulakë (slap in the face, spank), qëlloj (batter, clip, clout, conk, discharge, fetch, flap, get, hammer, hit, impinge, knock, lay out, paddle, poke, pop, pot, pound, rifle, shoot, slug, smite, strike, switch), mu (bang, smack), godas me pëjlëmbë, dackë (buffet, clout), befas (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at once, cold, plump, sharply, short, suddenly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممر بين هضبتين, ‏لطمة (blow, buffet, cuff), ‏لطم (jab, slapping), ‏قذف بقوة (bang, belch, flirt), ‏تمازح, ‏تربيتة (clap, pat), ‏تبب, ‏طقطقة (clack, click, crackle, crackling, patter, pinking, plink, rap, sputter), ‏صفعة (cake, clap, cuff, slat, smack, swipe, thwack, uppercut), ‏صفع (clap, crack, plug, smack, thwack), ‏إهانة (affront, crinkle, degradation, despite, dishonor, dishonour, flout, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, mortification, offence, reflection, reflexion, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), ‏أهان (abase oneself, affront, debase, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, flout, give offence, give offense, injure, insult, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slight, take offence, take offense), ‏ربت (clap, dab, fondle, gentle, knock, pat, rap), ‏بسرعة (apace, as soon as possible, fast, hastily, precipitately, presto, quick, quickly, readily, rushed, sharply, speedily, swift). (various references)

Bulgarian 

силно (audibly, fast, hard, heavily, high, highly, loud, loudly, mightily, slap bang, sorely, strongly, thick, vigorously), шумно (openmouthed, slap bang, snap), шамар, шляпвам (smack, spank), неочаквано (all at once, all of a sudden, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, plump, pop, unawares), направо (dead, direct, directly, due, firsthand, flat, flush, forthright, incontinently, outright, plain, plump, point blank, right, roundly, slap bang, straight, straight out), зашлевявам (paste), право (authorization, claim, clean, directly, due, fair, flush, jurisprudence, jus, law, perquisite, place, pretension, right, smack, spang, straight, straightway, upright), пляскам (clap, lap, plash, smack, splash), плясвам (crack, flap, plop, spank, whack), пляс (flop, plop, smack, swash, zap), плесвам (dab, rap, spank), плесница (cuff, paddywhack, slap in the face, smack), изведнъж (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, promptly, sharp, straight away). (various references)

Chinese 

掌�"� , 掴 (slapped, Slapping, slap-up). (various references)

Czech

rána (bang, bash, biff, blow, bounce, clout, hit, knock, rap, report, shock, shot, slash, sock, strike, stroke, swipe, whack, whang, wound), políèek, pohlavkovat, pohlavek (clout, cuff), plesknout (flap, smack), pláchnutí (tap), náhle (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, bump, on a sudden, short, suddenly, unawares). (various references)

Danish

forhammer (slap hammer, sledge, sledge hammer, sledgehammer). (various references)

Dutch

oorveeg, lel (caruncle, wattle), draai om de oren. (various references)

Esperanto

vangofrapo. (various references)

Farsi 

تپانچه زدن , تودهنی , سیلی زدن (Box, Spat), سیلی (Box, Buffet, Slog, Spat), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Lam, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack), ضربت سریع , ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Coup, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), صدای چلب چلوپ , باکف دست زدن . (various references)

Finnish

sivaltaa (deal a person a blow, lash, strike), sivallus (lash), lyödä (beat, hit, strike), läimäyttää (lash, smack), läimäys (crack, lash, smack). (various references)

French

gifle (slap in the face, slat). (various references)

German

schlagen (bang, bash, bat, batter about, beat, belt, best, biff, birch, blast, break, Bury, capture, chime, clang, clout, defeat, fell, flap, flog, hack out, hit, kick, kill, knock, knock about, knock around, knock out, lap, lash, mint, outride, Pat, pound, pounding, pummel, punch, punching, rattle, rattling, sing, slash, slat, smack, smite, spank, stricken, strike, swat, take, throb, thump, thwack, to bang, to bash, to batter, to blast, to knock (at), to rap, to slap, trim, wallop, wash, whip, whip up, whisk), Klaps (cuff, dab, paddywhack, Pat, smack, smacker, spank). (various references)

Greek 

κόλαφοσ (cuff), κολαφίζω (cuff), ράπισμα με την παλάμη, ραπίζω (biff, clout, flap, smack, spat), ρίπτω ατακτώσ, σφαλιάρα (cuff), μπάτσοσ (cop, copper, cuff), μπατσίζω, χαστούκι (biff, smack). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכת לחי (smack), ל�"טיח (bang against, hurl), לסטור (smack), טפיח�" (dab, knock, strike, tap), סטיר�" (flap, smack). (various references)

Hungarian

ütés (bang, bash, beat, blow, bump, bust, clap, clash, clashing, clinker, clout, cut, dent, hit, jab, jolt, kick, knock, knocking, percussion, prod, punch, slosh, snick, spank, strike, striking, stroke, swipe, thump, thwack, to come to bat, whack, wham). (various references)

Indonesian

tamparan (bash, clap), menampar (bash, box, knock), gebrakan (chop), gamparan (flapping slipper, stroke, wooden clog), gampar (strike). (various references)

Italian

ceffone (box, cuff, slap in the face, smack). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

平手�"ち (spanking), ばら荷 (a person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else, actively, alertly, blinking with surprise, bulk goods, crispy, crunching, first-class, flapping open and closed, gaping, in a flash, nimbly, rapidly, skips-most-stations Toukai-line shinkansen, snapping or biting into, snappingsound, suddenly, tearing, to be exposed, to leak out, twitching, work hard). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひらてうち (spanking), ぱ�"ぱ�" . (various references)

Korean 

� 석 때림 (Slapping). (various references)

Manx

sows (sudden sharp blow), gaaillag, cur bassag da (box ears, clap, cuff, pat, smack), bwoalley (assault, bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, belabour, buffet, chime, clap, club, flap, hammer, hit, knock, mint, percussion, play, pound, pulsate, punch, rhythm, ring, rise of penis, scramble, shock, slam, strike, thrash, thresh, throb, toll, wallop), builley (bash, beat, beat as pulse, bump, cadence, cadence of voice, cast, choosing, clap, fervour, fit, frenzy, hit, impact, knock, madness, pulsate, pulsation, punch, slam, strike, stroke, sweep, thump, toot, toot on horn, whack), bassag (backhander, blow with the palm, clap, pat, smack). (various references)

Pig Latin

apslay.(various references)

Portuguese

bofetada (buffet, cuff). (various references)

Romanian

trosc-pleosc (smack), tac (crack, cue, smack, tramp), plesni uşor (flick, smack), pe neaşteptate (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, impromptu, off hand, on a sudden, short, shortly, snap, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), palmã (clout, crack, cuff, palm, span, spank), pãlmui (cuff, mug), ofensã (cut, humiliation, indignity, injury, mortification, offence, sin, slur, wound), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, seize, shock, slam, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), insultã (abuse, affront, contumely, dirt, hurt, insult, invective, offence, slur), hârşti (smack), deodatã (at a clap, bang, short, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, blow, box, bursting, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, Pat, patter, pattering, percussion, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shot, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), şart. (various references)

Russian 

шлепок (smack, spank, spat), шлепать шлепок (slapping, spank, swat), нашлепать, прямо (avowedly, bang, direct, directly, endlong, endways, endwise, erect, foursquare, head-on, in plain English, just, on the level, outright, plainly, plump, point blank, spang, squarely, straight, straight from the shoulder, straight out, straightly, up and down, uprightly). (various references)

Scottish

sgliobhag (a slap), sgiobag (a slap given in play), sgealp (a slap), sgailc (a bald pate, a smart blow, bald pate, baldness, skelp, slap : sgailc de'n, smart blow), peileid (a slap on the head, cod), leog (a slap in the head), deillseag (a slap with the open hand), déiseag (a slap), cliùd (a slap with the fingers, a small or disabled hand), boiseag (slap in the face). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zapljuskivati (lap, pound, splash, wash), tresnuti (bash, dash), pljesak (applause, clap), ošamariti (buffet, cuff), munjevito (fulminant), baciti (bung, cast, chuck, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, peg, pitch, project, shoot, sling, throw, throw out, toss), ćuška (cuff, jog, spat), šopiti, šopati, šamarati, šamar (cuff, slap in the face, smack). (various references)

Spanish

palmada (clap, smack, spank). (various references)

Swedish

smälla (clack, clap, crack, flap, ping, pop, report, slam, smash, swat), daska (flap, smack, spank). (various references)

Thai

เสียงตบ, การตบ (smack), ตบ (box, smack). (various references)

Turkish

suratına gelmek, sille (buffet, wiper), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate), çarpmak (bang, bang into, barge, bash, bump, bump into, cannon, clap, clash, collide, crash, crash into, dash, foul, greet, hit, hurtle, impinge, kayo, knock, knock out, knock over, lash, mulct, multiply, plant, plonk, plonk down, plunk, pound, pulsate, pulse, ram, reach, run, run against, slam, smash, smite upon, spring, strike, strike against, throb), çatmak (attack, be up against, fall foul of, jump at, jump on, knit, lash into, run against, stack, walk into, wrinkle, wrinkle up), aniden (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, Bob, in a flash, on a sudden, out of clear sky, sharp, short, slap bang, suddenly), ansızın (abruptly, all of a sudden, at unawares, on a sudden, out of the blue, pop, suddenly), şamar (box, cuff, slap in the face, smack, spat), şamar atmak (cuff, smack), şaplak (smack, smacker, spank, spanking, spat, whang), çıkışmak (blister, chide, inveigh, jump on, read the riot act to, round on, scold, snap, take to task, upbraid), şaplak vurmak, yüzüne vurmak (fling smth. in one's teeth, taunt, twit), birden (all of a sudden, at a stroke, at once, at one heat, instantaneous, per saltum, plump, pop, sharp, short, slap bang, snap, suddenly), hızla (apace, at a good clip, by leaps, by leaps and bounds, double quick, fast, in double time, like a streak of lightning, quick, quickly, rapidly, slap bang, speedily, swiftly, swimmingly), hakaret (affront, contempt, contumely, cuss word, defamation, epithet, hotfoot, indignity, insult, invective, opprobrium, outrage, revilement, slap in the face, slight, slur, snub), pat diye (out of the blue, plump, pop, slap bang, suddenly), tokat (box, buffet, clout, cuff, lick, slap in the face, smack, sock, wipe, wiper), tokatlamak (box, cuff, smack, sock, swindle, swipe, trick out of), şaplak atmak (smack, spank, whang). (various references)

Turkmen 

юapbat (palm of hand, slap in the face). (various references)

Ukrainian

якраз (even, even as, exactly, full, nicely, right), спроба (assay, attempt, essay, go, nisus, offer, overture, shot, tentative, try, whack), раптом (bang, overnight, plop, snap, suddenly), шльопати (flap, flop, smack, splash), грюкати (bang, batter, clap, rumble, slam), з шумом зачинятися, ляпанець (smacker, spank). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cái vỗ, bất thình lình; trúng. (various references)

Welsh

palfod (buffet, smack), cis (buffet, touch). (various references)

kolaphos. (various references)

adplaudens, alapam, plaga. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "slap": slapdash, slapdashes, slaphappier, slaphappiest, slaphappy, slapjack, slapjacks, slapped, slapper, slappers, slapping, slaps, slapstick, slapsticks. (additional references)

Words ending with "slap": backslap. (additional references)

Words containing "slap": backslapped, backslapper, backslappers, backslapping, backslaps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Slap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alap, lsa, Lsap, ls-api, olap, saap, saqp, sla, slaap, slac, slaf, slak, slamp, slapy, slaq, slax, slaz, sleap, slic, sliph, slipp, slipy, sloap, slopp, slp, slup, smap, spal, srap, ssap, stap, tlap, wlap. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alps, laps, pals, salp.

-1 letter: alp, als, asp, lap, las, pal, pas, sal, sap, spa.

-2 letters: al, as, la, pa.

+1 letter: claps, clasp, flaps, lamps, lapis, lapse, leaps, opals, pails, pales, palls, palms, palps, palsy, pawls, peals, plans, plash, plasm, plats, plays, pleas, psalm, salep, salpa, salps, scalp, sepal, slaps, spail, spale, spall, splat, splay.

+2 letters: alephs, alphas, ampuls, appals, appels, apples, asleep, aslope, clamps, clasps, claspt, copals, elapse, espial, galops, jalaps, jalops, kalpas, lampas, lapels, lapins, lapsed, lapser, lapses, lapsus, layups, limpas, lipase, maples, milpas, nopals, padles, palais, palest, palets, palish, palpus, panels, parles, parols, pascal, passel, pastel, pastil, pausal, pearls, pedals, petals, phials, pibals, pilafs, pilaus, pilaws, pipals, places, placks, plages, plaids, plains, plaits, planes, planks, plants, plashy, plasma, plasms, plates, platys, playas, plazas, pleads, please, pleats, polars, polkas, postal, psalms, psylla, pulsar, ralphs, saleps, saloop, salpae, salpas, salpid, sample, scalps, sepals, septal, spails, spales, spalls, spinal, spiral, spital, splake, splash, splats, splays, sporal, sprawl, staple, sulpha, tepals, ulpans.