slap

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

   • He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.
2. 2

   A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.

   • the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles
3. 3

   The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

   • Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.
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   1. 4

      Makeup

      Makeup; cosmetics.

      • If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
   2. 5

      An eye-catching sticker used in street art.

      • […] which seek to retake public space for their own expression, using graffiti, stickering, 'slaps' and street art to dissent from the commercialisation of the public sphere.
   3. 6

      To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.

      • She slapped him in response to the insult.
   4. 7

      To cause something to strike soundly.

      • He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
   5. 8

      To strike soundly against something.

      • The rain slapped against the window-panes.
      • Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
   6. 9

      To be excellent, especially when relating to music.

      • The band's new single slaps.
      • There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.
      • Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.
   7. 10

      To place, to put carelessly.

      • We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
   8. 11

      To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).

      • I was slapped with a parking fine.
      • As part of Switzerland's direct democratic system, voters will also be weighing in on whether to slap new taxes on the super-rich to help finance the country's effort against climate change.
   9. 12

      To play slap bass on (an instrument).

      • With no drums, Black began slapping his bass to keep time while Moore's guitar leaped in and out of the melody line.
   10. 13

       Exactly, precisely

       • He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.
       • You just take my orders, Cap’n Hawkins, and we’ll sail slap in and be done with it.
       • They called the tom-cat to the trap, / Who molrowed as he smelt at the door, O— / Opened his mouth and swallowed him slap, / All the while most profanely he swore, O!
   11. 14

       Very good, excellent, amazing.

       • These cookies are slap.
   12. 15

       Acronym of superior labrum from anterior to posterior.

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