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Synonyms for slap
slæp
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Princeton's WordNet
slap, smack(noun)
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, skagsmack, smacking, slap(verb)
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, skagslap(adverb)
hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
"The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt(adverb)
directly
"he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
Synonyms:
slapdash, smack, rigidly, bang, slam-bang, stiffly, bolt
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#109 | just | |
#234 | right | |
#2540 | blow | |
#4051 | bang | |
#8401 | thunder | |
#8705 | flavor | |
#9798 | bolt | |
#14786 | tang | |
#17484 | slap | |
#18059 | flavour | |
#21165 | smack | |
#27854 | relish | |
#29483 | slapped | |
#39234 | savor | |
#39884 | slapping | |
#52305 | rigidly | |
#55034 | smacking | |
#56661 | savour | |
#92415 | stiffly | |
#95789 | smooch | |
#103450 | scag | |
#163199 | slapdash |
How to use slap in a sentence?
We can't say anything about that if we allow Saudi Arabia to do Saudi Arabia and all we do is a diplomatic slap on the wrist.
Most of us interpreted it as a slap in both their faces.
This apparent settlement is a slap in the face to everyone who has had to bury a loved one due to this family's destruction and greed. It allows the Sackler family to walk away billionaires and admit no wrongdoing.
You got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.
A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg'd face jail time for lying to the government.
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