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Another word for slap

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Noun

  1. A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand

      1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
      2. To make shorter by cutting; trim:
      3. To cut off the edge of:
      1. To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
      2. To kill deliberately; murder.
      3. To deal a sharp, resounding blow.
      1. To strike or hit with a sharp blow:
      2. To strike or try to strike something with a sharp blow:
      3. A sharp blow or hit.
      1. To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
      2. To move briskly or spiritedly.
      3. A slap on the buttocks.
      1. A loud kiss.
      2. A resounding blow.
      3. A dollar.
      1. To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
      2. To kiss noisily.
      3. To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
      1. A tool for circular or other piercing:
      2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
      3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.
      1. A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
      2. A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
      3. The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.
      1. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
      2. To shape or form by chopping:
      3. To cut into small pieces:
      1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
      2. A woman's breasts.
      3. The human chest.
      1. A large sideboard with drawers and cupboards.
      2. A counter or table from which meals or refreshments are served.
      3. A restaurant having such a counter.
      1. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
      2. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
      3. A square or rectangle:
    See also:

    strike

    attack

Verb

  1. To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand

      1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
      2. To make shorter by cutting; trim:
      3. To cut off the edge of:
      1. To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
      2. To kill deliberately; murder.
      3. To deal a sharp, resounding blow.
      1. To strike or hit with a sharp blow:
      2. To strike or try to strike something with a sharp blow:
      3. A sharp blow or hit.
      1. To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
      2. To move briskly or spiritedly.
      3. A slap on the buttocks.
      1. To press together and open (the lips) quickly and noisily, as in eating or tasting.
      2. To kiss noisily.
      3. To strike sharply and with a loud noise.
      1. A tool for circular or other piercing:
      2. A tool for forcing a pin, bolt, or rivet in or out of a hole.
      3. A tool for stamping a design on a surface.
      1. A fold used as trimming at the bottom of a sleeve.
      2. A band, often having an opening with a button closure, at the bottom of a sleeve.
      3. The turned-up fold at the bottom of a trouser leg.
      1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
      2. A woman's breasts.
      3. The human chest.
      1. A large sideboard with drawers and cupboards.
      2. A counter or table from which meals or refreshments are served.
      3. A restaurant having such a counter.
      1. A container typically constructed with four sides perpendicular to the base and often having a lid or cover.
      2. The amount or quantity that such a container can hold.
      3. A square or rectangle:
    See also:

    strike

    attack

  2. To criticize harshly and devastatingly

      1. To shut with force and loud noise:
      2. To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise:
      3. To hit or strike with great force.
      1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals.
      2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat.
      3. To expose to great or excessive heat.
      1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
      2. To make a gash or gashes in.
      3. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
      1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
      2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
      3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.
      1. A usually numerical record of a competitive event:
      2. The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage:
      3. The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.
      1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of.
      2. To dry out or wither with intense heat:
      3. To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
      1. To harm or injure, especially by fire.
      2. To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate.
      3. Harm or injury.
      1. To make shallow cuts in (the skin), as when vaccinating.
      2. To create a design on (the skin) by means of shallow cuts that are sometimes rubbed with a colorant or irritant to enhance the resulting scar tissue.
      3. To break up the surface of (topsoil or pavement).
      1. A stroke or blow with or as if with a whip.
      2. A whip.
      3. The flexible portion of a whip, such as a plait or thong.
      1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
      2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.
      3. To whip or lash.
      1. To censure strongly; denounce:
      2. To criticize (something) harshly:
      3. To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
      1. To thrash with a stick.
      2. To instill forcefully:
      3. To defeat soundly.
      1. A local swelling of the skin that contains watery fluid and is caused by burning or irritation.
      2. A similar swelling on a plant.
      3. A raised bubble, as on a painted or laminated surface.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    praise

Idioms:

    slap around

  1. To be rough or brutal with

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Another word for slap

Verb
      1. To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
      2. To move briskly or spiritedly.
      3. A slap on the buttocks.
      1. To tap gently with the open hand or with something flat.
      2. To stroke lightly as a gesture of affection.
      3. To mold by tapping gently with the hands or a flat implement.
      1. To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement:
      2. To inflict (a blow).
      3. To penetrate or pierce:
    See also:

    hit

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • The alarm clock buzzed insistently and she reached over to slap the snooze button, squinting at the iridescent hands.

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