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verb | noun slapslap1 /slæp/ ●●● S3 verb (slapped, slapping) VERB TABLEslap |
Present | I, you, we, they | slap | | he, she, it | slaps | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slapped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slapped | | he, she, it | has slapped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slapped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slap | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slapped |
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Present | I | am slapping | | he, she, it | is slapping | | you, we, they | are slapping | Past | I, he, she, it | was slapping | | you, we, they | were slapping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slapping | | he, she, it | has been slapping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slapping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slapping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slapping |
► slapped ... across the face Sarah slapped Zack across the face. THESAURUStouch somebody/something hard► hit to touch someone or something hard and quickly with your hand, a stick, etc.: I thought she was going to hit me. ► punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: Steve punched him in the nose. ► thump to hit someone or something hard with your closed hand: Harris thumped him on the back. ► beat to hit someone or something deliberately many times: He had been robbed and beaten. ► beat somebody up to hurt someone badly by hitting him or her many times: A bunch of drunks beat him up. ► slap to hit someone with the flat part of your hand, especially because you are angry with him or her: I felt like slapping his face. ► smack to hit someone or something, usually with your open hand: Rick smacked him in the face. ► spank to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment: His mother spanked him for lying. ► strike formal to hit someone or something very hard: He struck her on the side of the head and knocked her down. ► tap to gently hit your fingers or foot against something: I tapped him on the shoulder. ► knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: Someone was knocking on the door. ► rap to knock quickly several times: She rapped on his window angrily. ► pound to knock very hard, making a lot of noise: Thomas pounded on the door with his fist. ► bang to hit something hard several times, making a lot of noise: A policeman was banging on the door. ► hammer to hit something very hard several times, making a lot of noise: They hammered on my door until I opened up. ► bash to hit someone or something hard, in a way that causes damage: The police bashed the door down. 1 [transitive] to hit someone quickly with the flat part of your hand: Mrs. Williams slapped the children’s hands away from the candy. Sarah slapped Zack across the face.► see thesaurus at hit12[transitive always + adv./prep.] to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry: slap something down “Here,” she said, slapping the drinks down.slap something (down) on something Ed slapped his hand down on the table.3slap somebody on the back to hit someone on the back in a friendly way, often as a way of praising him or herslap against somebody/something phrasal verb to hit a surface with a lot of force, making a loud sharp sound: Gray sheets of rain slapped against the windowpanes.slap somebody around phrasal verb to violently hit someone more than once with your handslap somebody down phrasal verb to criticize someone’s ideas, questions, etc. in an unfair and cruel way so that he or she loses confidenceslap on phrasal verb1slap something ↔ on, slap something on something to put or spread something quickly or carelessly onto a surface: We just slapped a coat of paint on the wall.2slap something on something to suddenly announce a new charge, tax, etc., especially unfairly or without warning: The government slapped a 20% tax on all luxury goods. verb | noun slapslap2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYslap2Origin: 1600-1700 Low German slapp, from the sound ► gave ... slap She gave him a slap across the face. 1a quick hit with the flat part of your hand: She gave him a slap across the face.2a slap in the face an action that seems to be deliberately intended to offend or upset someone, especially someone who has tried very hard to do something: Gwynn considered the salary they were offering a slap in the face.3a slap on the wrist a punishment that you think is not severe enough4a slap on the back an action of hitting someone on the back in a friendly way, especially as a way of praising him or her [Origin: 1600–1700 Low German slapp, from the sound] |