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Webster 1913 Edition


Slap

Slap

,
Noun.
[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.

Slap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slapped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Slapping
.]
To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

Slap

,
adv.
[Cf. LG.
slap
, G.
schlapp
. See
Slap
,
Noun.
]
With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
[Colloq.]
“The railroad cars drive slap into the city.”
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slap

SLAP

,
Noun.
[L. alapa and schloppus.] A blow given with the open hand, or with something broad.

SLAP

,
Verb.
T.
To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

SLAP

,
adv.
With a sudden and violent blow.

Definition 2024


slap

slap

English

Noun

slap (plural slaps)

  1. A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
  2. The sound of such a blow.
  3. (slang, uncountable) Makeup, cosmetics.

Usage notes

Especially used of blows to the face (aggressive), buttocks, and hand, frequently as a sign of reproach. Conversely, used of friendly strikes to the back, as a sign of camaraderie.

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Verb

slap (third-person singular simple present slaps, present participle slapping, simple past and past participle slapped)

  1. (transitive) To give a slap to.
    She slapped him in response to the insult.
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
      Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
  2. (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
    He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
  3. (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
    The rain slapped against the window-panes.
  4. (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
    We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
  5. (transitive, figuratively) To impose a penalty, etc. upon (someone).
    I was slapped with a parking fine.

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Adverb

slap (not comparable)

  1. Exactly, precisely
    He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German slap

Adjective

slap

  1. loose
  2. limp
  3. slack
  4. flaccid
  5. lax
Inflection
Inflection of slap
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular slap slappere slappest2
Neuter singular slapt slappere slappest2
Plural slappe slappere slappest2
Definite attributive1 slappe slappere slappeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

slap

  1. past tense of slippe

References


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɑp/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slap. Cognate with German schlaff and schlapp.

Adjective

slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)

  1. slack
  2. weak

Inflection

Inflection of slap
uninflected slap
inflected slappe
comparative slapper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial slap slapper het slapst
het slapste
indefinite m./f. sing. slappe slappere slapste
n. sing. slap slapper slapste
plural slappe slappere slapste
definite slappe slappere slapste
partitive slaps slappers

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaz. Compare Old English slǣp, Old High German slāf.

Noun

slāp m

  1. sleep

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slâːp/

Noun

slȃp m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑п)

  1. (geology) waterfall

Declension

References

  • slap” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsláːp/
  • Tonal orthography: slȃp

Noun

sláp m inan (genitive slápa or slapú, nominative plural slápi or slapôvi)

  1. (geology) waterfall

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Spanish

Noun

slap m (plural slaps)

  1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

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