slap
verb/slæp/
/slæp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they slap | /slæp/ /slæp/ |
| he / she / it slaps | /slæps/ /slæps/ |
| past simple slapped | /slæpt/ /slæpt/ |
| past participle slapped | /slæpt/ /slæpt/ |
| -ing form slapping | /ˈslæpɪŋ/ /ˈslæpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] slap somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) to hit somebody/something with the flat part of your hand synonym smack
- She slapped his face hard.
- She slapped him hard across the face.
- ‘Congratulations!’ he said, slapping me on the back.
Extra Examples- I felt like I had been slapped in the face.
- She slapped his hand away.
- She slapped the boy on the leg.
- I'll slap you if you do that again.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- gently
- lightly
- …
- across
- on
- slap somebody in the face
- [transitive] slap something + adv./prep. to put something on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry
- He slapped the newspaper down on the desk.
- She slapped a $10 bill into my hand.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to hit against something with the noise of somebody being slapped
- The water slapped against the side of the boat.
- I could hear bare feet slapping down the corridor.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.
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