Another word for slap | Synonyms for slap

Another word for slap

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slap

v.

strike, pat, spank; see hit 1.

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Another word for slap

noun

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

verb

To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand:
box², buffet, bust, cuff, punch, smack¹, spank, swat, whack. (Informal) clip¹, spat. See attack, strike
To 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

phrasal verb slap around

To be rough or brutal with:

knock about (or around), manhandle, rough (up). (Slang) mess up. See attack, strike

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She raised a hand to slap him again, but he grabbed her.
Her verbal slap stunned him.
She lifted her hand to slap him again.
A slap stung her cheek, and she gasped.
Then he brushed the sand from her pants, finishing up with a light slap on her backside.

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