slap

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

   The impatient teacher slapped the student

2. 2
   noun

   A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

   He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.

3. 3
   noun

   A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.

   the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles

4. 4
   noun

   The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

   Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.

5. 5
   noun

   Makeup; cosmetics.

   Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.

6. 6
   noun

   An eye-catching sticker used in street art.

   […] which seek to retake public space for their own expression, using graffiti, stickering, 'slaps' and street art to dissent from the commercialisation of the public sphere.

7. 7
   verb

   To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.

   She slapped him in response to the insult.

8. 8
   verb

   To cause something to strike soundly.

   He slapped the reins against the horse's back.

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”).