Slap
[slæp]
Definition
(noun.) a blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
(verb.) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; 'The impatient teacher slapped the student'; 'a gunshot slapped him on the forehead'.
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Definition
(n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.
(v. t.) To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.
(n.) With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Blow (with something broad), clap.
ad. With a slap.
v. a. Strike (with something broad), dab, pat.
Typist: Serena
Definition
n. (Scot.) a gap in a fence: a narrow cleft between hills.—v.t. to break an opening in.
n. a blow with the hand or anything flat.—v.t. to give a slap to:—pr.p. slap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. slapped.—adv. with a slap: suddenly violently.—adj. (slang) first-rate.—adv. Slap′-bang violently all at once.—adj. dashing violent.—n. a cheap eating-house.—adv. Slap′-dash in a bold careless way.—adj. off-hand rash.—n. rough-cast harling: carelessly done work.—v.t. to do anything in a hasty imperfect manner: to rough-cast with mortar.—n. Slap′per (slang) anything big of its kind.—adjs. Slap′ping very large; Slap′-up excellent very grand.
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Examples
- There is nothing of the helter-skelter, slap-dash style in Edison's experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then would he come down to that house with a slap upon the table, and meet the honourable gentleman foot to foot. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Nor was the agitation by any means diminished, when the scout rushed back with the intelligence that the lady was 'a slap-up gal in a bang-up chariot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he was to make so bold as say a word to me, I should slap his face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Slap-up shop, high profits and no mistake. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I may have been seen to slap her face--nothing more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He held him up by the feet and slapped him. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He slapped Wildeve on the shoulder. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Robert Jordan slipped through between the double rope of the corral and slapped the buckskin on the haunch. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pilar slapped him on the shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He slapped me on the shoulder. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He slapped the bed with his glove. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then one of them laughed and slapped the little man upon the back. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He heard the noise of a carbine scabbard slapping loosely and the creak of leather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He has been grubbing and grubbing at school,' said Bella, looking at her father's hand and lightly slapping it, 'till he's not fit to be seen. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Agustín hit him hard across the mouth with his left hand, bringing it forward in a slapping, backhand sweep. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I am glad you are,' said the old fellow, slapping him on the back--'I am glad you are. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then she was kneeling by the robe, her head pushed hard against him, slapping snow from her feet. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His laugh, in fact, is sometimes almost aboriginal; slapping his hands delightedly on his knees, he rocks back and forth and fairly shouts his pleasure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Anon, slapping his sides with his arms, he would burst forth in peals of laughter, that made the old woods ring as they passed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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