## Meanings
1. To hit someone with the open hand, often on the face.
2. A blow given with the open hand or something flat.
3. A sharp sound like that made by a slap.

## Examples
- She slapped him across the face after he insulted her.
- He gave me a friendly slap on the back.
- I could hear the slap of my feet on the wet tiles.

## Derived Forms
- back-slapping
- backslap
- beslap
- bitch-slap
- butt-slapping
- cockslap
- cyberslap
- dickslap
- kerslap
- knee-slapping
- pimp-slap
- slap-back

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: slappen

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Slap is from Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”). Compare also Italian sleppa (“slap”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English slappen. In current use it includes senses such as To hit someone with the open hand, often on the face and A blow given with the open hand or something flat.

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- Senses & Perception

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