slip-slapn.
/ˈslɪpslap/ΚΠ
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (1682) xvii. §5. 336 Shoes and Slip-slaps lac'd with Silk or Silver-Lace.
2. The repeated flapping sound caused by loosely-worn shoes.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > flapping sound
flap1816
whutter1831
slip-slap1890
whickering1899
whicker1920
1890 D. Gerard Lady Baby vi The well-known slip-slap of the lodging-house servant's down-trodden shoes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
slip-slapv.
1. intransitive. To slap repeatedly in rapid succession. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [verb (intransitive)] > smack or slap
slip-slap1723
spank1800
smack1890
splat1922
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (intransitive)] > with something flat > repeatedly
slip-slap1723
1723 S. Centlivre Artifice i. ii. 48 I ha' found her Fingers come slip-slap, this a-way, and that a-way, like a Flail upon a Wheat-sheaf.
2. = slip-slop v. 3. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move noisily > with flapping noise
slip-slop1870
slip-slap1926
1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lvii. 302 At Cairo my sandalled feet slip-slapped up the quiet Savoy corridors.
1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest v. 58 She slip-slapped in her cut-back slippers to the door.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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