slap
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slap (countable and uncountable, plural slaps)
- (countable) 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.
- (countable) The sound of such a blow.
- 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
- 1997, Gardiner, James, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:
- Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
- (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
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Verb[edit]
slap (third-person singular simple present slaps, present participle slapping, simple past and past participle slapped)
- (transitive) To give a slap to.
- She slapped him in response to the insult.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
- (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
- He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
- (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
- The rain slapped against the window-panes.
- (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent.
- 2019, "Glass Battles", PT Music Watch, Issue 1 (2019), page 35:
- There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.
- 2019, Gloria Perez, "Your Things", Your Mag, April 2019, page 74:
- Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.
- 2019, Elly Watson, "The Great 2019 Debate", DIY, November 2019, page 59:
- 2016's 'Girls Like Me' still slaps to this day.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:slap.
- 2019, "Glass Battles", PT Music Watch, Issue 1 (2019), page 35:
- (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
- We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
- 2018 "The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets", Bob's Burgers
- Louise Belcher: "On Monday there was supposed to be some big schoolboard inspection or something, so instead of cleaning the place up, what does the principal do? He panics. He and the janitor and the janitor's brother slap a wall where the door used to be."
Gene Belcher: "Wall slap."
- Louise Belcher: "On Monday there was supposed to be some big schoolboard inspection or something, so instead of cleaning the place up, what does the principal do? He panics. He and the janitor and the janitor's brother slap a wall where the door used to be."
- (transitive, informal, figuratively) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- I was slapped with a parking fine.
- (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- 2007, Jon Paulien, The Gospel from Patmos:
- With no drums, Black began slapping his bass to keep time while Moore's guitar leaped in and out of the melody line.
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Adverb[edit]
slap (not comparable)
- Exactly, precisely
- He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.
- 1864, Tony Pastor, John F. Poole, Tony Pastor's Complete Budget of Comic Songs (page 63)
- 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!
Synonyms[edit]
- just, right, slap bang, smack dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ap
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German slap
Adjective[edit]
slap
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of slap | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | slap | slappere | slappest2 |
Neuter singular | slapt | slappere | slappest2 |
Plural | slappe | slappere | slappest2 |
Definite attributive1 | slappe | slappere | slappeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
slap
References[edit]
- “slap” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch slap. Cognate with German schlaff and schlapp.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of slap | ||||
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uninflected | slap | |||
inflected | slappe | |||
comparative | slapper | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | slap | slapper | het slapst het slapste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | slappe | slappere | slapste |
n. sing. | slap | slapper | slapste | |
plural | slappe | slappere | slapste | |
definite | slappe | slappere | slapste | |
partitive | slaps | slappers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Papiamentu: slap
Anagrams[edit]
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *slāp. Compare Old English slǣp, Old High German slāf.
Noun[edit]
slāp m
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | slāp | slāpos |
accusative | slāp | slāpos |
genitive | slāpes | slāpō |
dative | slāpe | slāpum |
instrumental | — | — |
Scots[edit]
Noun[edit]
slap (plural slaps)
- A gap in a fence.
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
- The mosses, waters, slaps and stiles, / That lie between us and our hame
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- A narrow cleft between hills.
Verb[edit]
slap
- (transitive) To break an opening in.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slȃp m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑п)
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- “slap” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slȃp m inan
Inflection[edit]
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | sláp | ||
gen. sing. | slápa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | sláp | slápa | slápi |
accusative | sláp | slápa | slápe |
genitive | slápa | slápov | slápov |
dative | slápu | slápoma | slápom |
locative | slápu | slápih | slápih |
instrumental | slápom | slápoma | slápi |
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv- | |||
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nom. sing. | sláp | ||
gen. sing. | slapú | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | sláp | slapôva | slapôvi |
accusative | sláp | slapôva | slapôve |
genitive | slapú | slapôv | slapôv |
dative | slápu | slapôvoma | slapôvom |
locative | slápu | slapôvih | slapôvih |
instrumental | slápom | slapôvoma | slapôvi |
Further reading[edit]
- “slap”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
slap m (plural slaps)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms with unknown etymologies
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æp
- Rhymes:English/æp/1 syllable
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English stative verbs
- English informal terms
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- en:Sounds
- en:Violence
- Rhymes:Danish/ap
- Rhymes:Danish/ap/1 syllable
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish non-lemma forms
- Danish verb forms
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑp
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon masculine nouns
- Old Saxon a-stem nouns
- Scots lemmas
- Scots nouns
- Scots terms with quotations
- Scots verbs
- Scots transitive verbs
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Geology
- sh:Waterfalls
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene masculine nouns
- Slovene masculine inanimate nouns
- Slovene inanimate nouns
- sl:Geology
- Slovene masculine hard o-stem nouns
- Slovene masculine o-stem nouns with mobile accent
- Slovene masculine o-stem nouns with plural in -ov-
- sl:Water
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Peruvian Spanish