slap

UK /slæp/ US /slæp/
noun 6verb 5adv 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.

the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles

3

The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

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.

4

Makeup; cosmetics.

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.

If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.

5

An eye-catching sticker used in street art.

[…] which seek to retake public space for their own expression, using graffiti, stickering, 'slaps' and street art to dissent from the commercialisation of the public sphere.

verb

1

To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.

She slapped him in response to the insult.

2

To cause something to strike soundly.

He slapped the reins against the horse's back.

3

To strike soundly against something.

The rain slapped against the window-panes.

Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.

4

To be excellent, especially when relating to music.

The band's new single slaps.

There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.

5

To place, to put carelessly.

We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.

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."

adv

1

Exactly, precisely

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

You just take my orders, Cap’n Hawkins, and we’ll sail slap in and be done with it.

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