Another word for slap
A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand:
box2, buffet, bust, chop1, cuff, punch, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip1, spat. See attack, strike
To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand:
box2, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, smack1, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip1, spat. See attack, strikeTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:
blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slash. (Informal) roast. (Slang) slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praise
To be rough or brutal with:
knock about (or around), manhandle, rough (up). (Slang) mess up. See attack, strike
