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slap

noun

1 slap

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

synonym: smack.

Roget 972: punishment, punition; chastisement, chastening; correction, castigation.    discipline, infliction, trial; judgment; penalty etc. 974; retribution; ... show more

Roget 932: disapprobation, disapproval; improbation; disesteem, disvaluation, displacency; odium; dislike etc. 867.    dispraise, discommendation; blame, censure, ... show more

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; ... show more

Dutch: klets, mep, pats, pets, tik, tikje
Polish: plaśnięcie

2 slap

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

synonyms: smack, smacking.

Dutch: oorveeg, oorvijg
Polish: policzek, spoliczkowanie

verb

1 slap

Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand.

Roget 276: give an impetus etc. n.; impel, push; start, give a start to, set going; drive, urge, boom; thrust, prod, ... show more

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

adverb

1 slap

Directly:
— Ran slap into her.

synonyms: bang, bolt, slapdash, smack.

Roget 113: instantaneously etc. adj.; in no time, in less than no time; presto, subito, instanter, suddenly, at a stroke, like a shot; in a moment etc. n.. ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Parthian shot, abruptly, altogether, attack, back answer, bang, bash, bat, beat, biff, blip, blow, box, box the ears, buffet, bump, burst, bust, cast, castigate ... show more.

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