slap

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Eventually probably of imitative origin, but possibly old; compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), Norwegian slå (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æp

• Audio (CAN):

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Noun

slap (countable and uncountable, plural slaps)

1. (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
2. (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.

3. (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.

Usage notes

Especially used of blows to the face (aggressive), buttocks, and hand, frequently as a sign of reproach. Conversely, used of friendly strikes to the back, as a sign of camaraderie.

Hyponyms

• cuff

Derived terms

• bitch-slap
• dickslap
• pimp-slap
• slap and tickle
• slap in the face

Translations

A blow dealt with the open hand

• Albanian: shputë (sq), shuplakë (sq), dackë (sq)
• Arabic: صَفْعَة (ṣafʕa), لَطْمَة (laṭma)

  Moroccan Arabic: طرشة f (ṭarša)

• Armenian: (in the face) ապտակ (hy) (aptak), (in the face, dialectal) չափալախ (hy) (čʻapʻalax), (in the face, dialectal) սիլլա (hy) (silla)
• Assamese: চৰ (sor), থাপৰ (thapor)
• Azerbaijani: şapalaq
• Catalan: bufetada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍擊／拍击 (zh) (pāijī), 拍击 (zh) (pāijí), 耳光 (zh) (ěrguāng) (slap on the face)

• Czech: facka (cs) f
• Dutch: mep (nl) f, klets (nl) f
• Esperanto: manfrapo
• Estonian: hoobiga
• Finnish: läimäys (fi), läimäytys, läpsäys, läpsy, läpsäytys (fi)
• French: claque (fr) f, gifle (fr) f (slap on the face) , fessée (fr) f (slap on the bum)
• Galician: lapo m, lapote m, labazada (gl) f, tabanada f, losquión m, lufiada f, lespia f, zafrañada f, lusquiñada f, mocada f, sopapo m, pastoxada f, batibarbas f
• German: Klaps (de) m, Schlag (de) m
• Greek: χαστούκι (el) n (chastoúki), σφαλιάρα (el) f (sfaliára)

  Ancient: ῥάπισμα n (rhápisma)

• Hindi: चांटा (cāṇṭā), चाँटा (hi) (cā̃ṭā)
• Hungarian: csapás (hu), ütés (hu), (in the face) pofon (hu), arculcsapás, arculütés
• Indonesian: tamparan (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: schiaffo (it) m, ceffone (it) m, pacca (it) f, briscola (it) f
• Japanese: 平手打ち (ひらてうち, hirateuchi), ビンタ (binta) (slang, usually referring to a slap on the face)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Latin: alapa f
• Luhya: ekofi
• Macedonian: шамар m (šamar), шлаканица f (šlakanica)
• Norman: charabouste f, cliamuse f (in the face), cliaque f (in the face), gifl'ye f, girnouffl'ye f, mornifl'ye f, nord-êt m, paffe f, talmouse f
• Norwegian: ørefik m, en over kjeften
• Persian: سیلی (fa) (sīlī)
• Polish: klaps (pl) m, klepnięcie n, policzek (pl) m
• Portuguese: palmada (pt) f, estalo (pt) m, tapa (pt) m, bofetada (pt) f, chapada (pt) f, tabefe (pt) m
• Russian: шлепо́к (ru) m (šlepók), пощёчина (ru) f (poščóčina) (slap on the face) , оплеу́ха (ru) f (opleúxa) (slap on the face) , затре́щина (ru) f (zatréščina) (slap on the face)
• Sicilian: moffa (scn) f, tumpuluni (scn) m, tumpulata (scn) f
• Slovene: klofuta (sl) f
• Spanish: bofetada (es) f, cachetada (es) f
• Swahili: kibare (sw), kibao (sw)
• Turkish: sille (tr), tokat (tr), şaplak (tr), şamar (tr)
• Ukrainian: ля́пас m (ljápas)
• Urdu: چانٹا (cā̃ṭā)
• Volapük: (diminutive) flapil (vo)
• Walloon: berlafe (wa) f, tchofe (wa) f, bafe (wa) f, ratournêye (wa) f, racatoirtcheye (wa) f

The sound of such a blow.

• Finnish: läpsähdys (fi), läpsäys, räpsähdys (fi)
• Russian: шлепо́к (ru) m (šlepók), хлопо́к (ru) m (xlopók)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: bofetada (es) f, cachetada (es) f
• Swahili: kibare (sw)

Makeup, cosmetics.

• German: Makeup n, Schminke (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: штукату́рка (ru) f (štukatúrka)

Verb

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.

   He slapped the reins against the horse's back.

3. (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.

   The rain slapped against the window-panes.

4. (intransitive, slang, of songs) To be excellent.

   Their new single slaps.

5. (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."

6. (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).

   I was slapped with a parking fine.

7. (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.

Hyponyms

• cuff

Derived terms

• slapper
• slap leather
• slap together
• slap-up

Translations

to give a slap

• Albanian: backos (sq)
• Arabic: صَفَعَ (ṣafaʕa), صَفَقَ (ṣafaqa), لاطَمَ (lāṭama), لَطَمَ (laṭama), وَطَشَ (waṭaša)
• Armenian: ապտակել (hy) (aptakel), չափալախել (hy) (čʻapʻalaxel) (dialectal)
• Assamese: চৰিওৱা (soriüa)
• Azerbaijani: şapalaqlamaq
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: meppen (nl), kletsen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: läimäyttää, läpsäyttää, läpäyttää, läpsäistä
• French: gifler (fr) (slap in the face) , fesser (fr) (slap on the bum)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: klatschen (de), (leicht) schlagen (de), patschen (de), ohrfeigen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kaupatjan)
• Greek: χαστουκίζω (el) (chastoukízo), σφαλιαρίζω (el) (sfaliarízo)

  Ancient: ῥαπίζω (rhapízō)

• Hungarian: pofon vág, képen töröl, arcul üt, arcul csap
• Ido: frapar (io)
• Indonesian: menampar (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: schiaffeggiare (it), colpire (it), dare una pacca a
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: ទះ (km) (teah), ទះកំផ្លៀង (teah kɑmplieŋ)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Latin: depalmo, alapam dō
• Maori: taupaki, pāhia
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: charbousseter, cliaper, cliatchi, cliamûser
• Norwegian: fike, slå (no)
• Persian: سیلی زدن (sili zadan)
• Portuguese: esbofetear
• Quechua: ch'aqlay
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} шлёпать (ru) impf (šljópatʹ), ^{(please verify)} шлёпнуть (ru) pf (šljópnutʹ), ^{(please verify)} дава́ть пощёчину impf (davátʹ poščóčinu) , ^{(please verify)} дать пощёчину pf (datʹ poščóčinu) (to slap somebody's face)
• Spanish: abofetear (es), cachetear (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: tokatlamak (tr), vurmak (tr), şamarlamak (tr), sille atmak, aşk etmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: flapilön

to cause something to strike soundly

• Finnish: mätkäyttää, läpsäistä, mätkäistä
• Italian: sbattere (it)
• Spanish: golpear (es)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: pat diye ses çıkarmak

To place, to put carelessly

• Dutch: neerkwakken (nl)
• Finnish: lyödä (fi), mätkäyttää, roiskia
• Italian: sbattere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: aventar (es)

Adverb

slap (not comparable)

1. Exactly, precisely

   He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.

Synonyms

• just
• right
• slap bang
• smack dab

Translations

exactly

• Spanish: justo (es) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• ALPs, APLS, APLs, ASPL, Alps, PALS, PALs, Pals, Plas, SPLA, alps, laps, pals, salp

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German slap

Adjective

slap

1. loose
2. limp
3. slack
4. weak (muscles)
5. flaccid
6. lax

Inflection

Inflection of slap
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	slap	slappere	slappest2
Indefinite 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slap

1. Template:past tense of

References

• “slap” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slap. Cognate with German schlaff and schlapp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɑp/

• Audio:

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Adjective

slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)

1. slack
2. weak

Inflection

Declension of slap
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	—

Anagrams

• plas

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaz. Compare Old English slǣp, Old High German slāf.

Noun

slāp m

1. sleep

Declension

Declension of slāp (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	slāp	slāpos
accusative	slāp	slāpos
genitive	slāpes	slāpō
dative	slāpe	slāpum
instrumental	—	—

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Scots

Noun

slap (plural slaps)

1. A gap in a fence.
2. A narrow cleft between hills.

Verb

slap

1. (transitive) To break an opening in.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâːp/

Noun

slȃp m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑п)

1. (geology) waterfall

Declension

Declension of slap

	singular	plural
nominative	slȃp	slápovi
genitive	slapa	slapova
dative	slapu	slapovima
accusative	slap	slapove
vocative	slape	slapovi
locative	slapu	slapovima
instrumental	slapom	slapovima

References

• “slap” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sláːp/

Noun

slȃp m inan

1. (geology) waterfall

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sláp
gen. sing.	slápa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sláp	slápa	slápi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slápa	slápov	slápov
dative (dajȃlnik)	slápu	slápoma	slápom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sláp	slápa	slápe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slápu	slápih	slápih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slápom	slápoma	slápi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, long mixed accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	sláp
gen. sing.	slapú
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sláp	slapôva	slapôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	slapú	slapôv	slapôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	slápu	slapôvoma	slapôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sláp	slapôva	slapôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	slápu	slapôvih	slapôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	slápom	slapôvoma	slapôvi

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Spanish

Noun

slap m (plural slaps)

1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

Synonyms

• bamba
• chancla
• chola (Venezuela)
• ojota (Argentina)
• sayonara (Peru)