Antonyms for slap
slæpslap

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1. slapadverb

   Synonyms:
   just, smack dab, right, slap bang

2. slapverb

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

   She slapped him in response to the insult.

   Synonyms:
   right, just, slap bang, smack dab

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1. • Blow

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1. slap, smacknoun

   a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

   Synonyms:
   thunder, nose drops, scag, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, skag

2. smack, smacking, slapverb

   the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

   Synonyms:
   scag, nose drops, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, thunder, skag

3. slapadverb

   hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

   "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

4. bang, slap, slapdash, smack, boltadverb

   directly

   "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

   Synonyms:
   slapdash, smack, rigidly, bang, slam-bang, stiffly, bolt

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1. slapadverb

   Synonyms:
   suddenly, violently, unceremoniously, instantly

2. slapnoun

   Synonyms:
   cuff, buffet

3. slapverb

   Synonyms:
   box, cuff, buffet

How to use slap in a sentence?

1. Mariposa Gonzalez:

   It feels like a slap in the face. I feel like he’s betrayed us.

2. Emmanuel Macron:

   It’s not such a big deal to get a slap when you go toward a crowd to say hello to some people who were waiting for a long time, we must not make that stupid and violent act more important than it is.

3. Deyshia Hargrave:

   I feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers and any other support staff we have.

4. Rick Merritt:

   It’s a slap in the face for any veteran -- any Ranger -- to be attacked that way, it’s not a controversy. It’s a fact that he is a Ranger, just like I’m a Ranger. They’re just playing semantics on the unit in which he served as a Ranger.

5. Michelle Avan:

   In my son's case, they were all facing special circumstances… and those are being dismissed. They were all facing the death penalty or life without parole and now they're only facing 25 years with the possibility of parole, to me, that's a slap in the face. So I can see how the Avan family is upset about this. There are no consequences anymore.

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