slap. ( slæp) n. 1. a sharp blow or smack, as with the open hand, something flat, etc. 2. the sound made by or as if by such a blow. 3. a sharp rebuke; reprimand. 4. a bit of slap and tickle slap and tickle informal Brit sexual play. 5. a slap in the face an insult or rebuff. 6. a slap on the back congratulation. slap. verb [ T ] uk / slæp / us present participle slapping | past tense and past participle slapped. B2. to hit someone with the flat, inside part of your hand: She slapped him across the face. slap. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English slap1 /slæp/ verb (slapped, slapping) 1 [ transitive] to hit someone with the flat part of your hand → punch Sarah slapped Aaron across the face. see thesaurus at hit 2 [ transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry MNaV. slap. ( slæp) n. 1. a sharp blow or smack, as with the open hand, something flat, etc. 2. the sound made by or as if by such a blow. 3. a sharp rebuke; reprimand. 4. a bit of slap and tickle slap and tickle informal Brit sexual play. 5. a slap in the face an insult or rebuff. 6. a slap on the back congratulation. 1 a [+ object] : to hit (someone or something) with the front or back of your open hand She slapped him across/in the face. She slapped his face. He slapped me on the back and said “Good job!” He called the dog by slapping his hand against his thigh. b : to hit something with a sound like the sound made when your hand slaps something [no object] Definitions of slap noun a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) synonyms: smack see more noun the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand synonyms: smack, smacking see more verb hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand see more adverb directly “ran slap into her” synonyms: bang, bolt, slapdash, smack

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