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slapdown

noun

Etymology

From slap + down.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. derived from *dūnom✻
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻ — “smoke, haze, dust”
  4. inherited from *dūnaz✻
  5. inherited from *dūnā✻ — “sandhill, dune”
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as slapdown — “slap + down”

Definitions

  1. An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.

    • Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown.

  2. The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent…

    The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent impact of the object on that surface, as an aircraft landing or a container falling.

  3. The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an…

    The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA