wrist-slap

English

Verb

wrist-slap (third-person singular simple present wrist-slaps, present participle wrist-slapping, simple past and past participle wrist-slapped)

1. (transitive) To reprimand mildly.

   You know the mother will probably only wrist-slap her "little angel" with a tsk-tsk. No wonder the kid is a little terror.

Synonyms

• kid-glove
• slap on the arm
• slap on the hand
• slap on the wrist
• slap someone's wrist

 

Translations

to reprimand mildly

• Dutch: op de vingers tikken
• Finnish: näpäyttää, torua

Noun

wrist-slap (plural wrist-slaps)

1. (countable) A mild reprimand, especially one that many observers might consider too lenient.

   Some crimes clearly warrant more than a mere wrist-slap — physically dangerous people must be removed from circulation.

Synonyms

• slap on the arm
• slap on the hand
• slap on the wrist

 

Translations

overly mild punishment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕微的懲罰／轻微的惩罚 (qīngwēi de chéngfá)

• Dutch: tik op de vingers m
• Finnish: näpäytys (fi), torut (fi) pl
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• German: no equivalent term in German, but see zu milde Strafe
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• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see dostawać po łapach impf, dostać po łapach impf
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• Russian: получи́ть по рука́м pf (polučítʹ po rukám), получи́ть по ша́пке (ru) pf (polučítʹ po šápke)
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