slap

English

Etymology

From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slæp/
Rhymes: -æp
Audio (CAN) (file)

Noun

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) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles
(countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian‎:
  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.
- Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
  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.
(slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
- 2019, Saskia Hufnagel, ‎Duncan Chappell, The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime (page 859)
  […] 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.

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 (ṣafʿa), لَطْمَة‎ (laṭma)
Egyptian Arabic: قلم‎ m (ʔalam), كشاف‎ m (kaʃæːff), كف‎ m (kaff), اقلام‎ f pl (ʔeʔlæːm)
Hijazi Arabic: كَفّ‎ m (kaff)
Moroccan Arabic: طرشة‎ f (ṭarša)
Armenian: (in the face) ապտակ (hy) (aptak), (in the face, dialectal) չափալախ (hy) (čʿapʿalax), (in the face, dialectal) սիլլա (hy) (silla)
Assamese: চৰ (sor), থাপৰ (thapor)
Azerbaijani: şapalaq
Bikol Central: sapak
Bulgarian: плесник m (plesnik), плесница (bg) (plesnica), шамар (bg) m (šamar)
Catalan: bufetada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍擊／拍击 (zh) (pāijí), 耳光 (zh) (ěrguāng) (slap on the face)
Coptic: ⲁⲁⲥ f (ɑsˤ) (Sahidic), ⲁⲥ f (ɑsˤ) (Sahidic)
Czech: facka (cs) f
Danish: lussing (da) c
Dutch: mep (nl) f, klets (nl) f
Esperanto: manfrapo
Estonian: hoobiga
Finnish: läimäys (fi), läimäytys, läpsäys (fi), läpsy (fi), läpsäytys (fi)
French: claque (fr) f (slap on the face), fessée (fr) f (slap on the bum), gifle (fr) f (slap on the face)
Galician: lapote (gl) m, labazada (gl) f, lufiada f, sopapo (gl) m, bofetada f, cachete m
German: Klaps (de) m, Schlag (de) m
Greek: χαστούκι (el) n (chastoúki), σφαλιάρα (el) f (sfaliára)
Ancient: ῥάπισμα n (rhápisma), ἀλάπη f (alápē), κόλαφος m (kólaphos)
Haitian Creole: kalot n
Hindi: चांटा (cā̃ṭā), चाँटा (hi) (cā̃ṭā), थप्पड़ (hi) m (thappaṛ), झापड़ m (jhāpaṛ), चपेट (hi) m (capeṭ), तमाचा (hi) m (tamācā), लाफा m (lāphā), चपत (hi) m (capat), रहपट (hi) m (rahpaṭ)
Hungarian: csapás (hu), ütés (hu), (in the face) pofon (hu), arculcsapás, arculütés (hu)
Indonesian: tamparan (id)
Italian: schiaffo (it) m, ceffone (it) m, sberla (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:
Central Kurdish: زلە‎ (zle), چەپۆک‎ (ku) (çepok)
Kyrgyz: токот (tokot), шапалак (ky) (şapalak)
Latin: alapa f
Luhya: ekofi
Macedonian: шамар m (šamar), шлаканица f (šlakanica)
Mazanderani: لپاسه‎ (lapāse)
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)
Swedish: örfil (sv) c, hurring (sv) c, käftsmäll (sv) c
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 (fi), räpsähdys (fi)
Russian: шлепо́к (ru) m (šlepók), хлопо́к (ru) m (xlopók)
Spanish: bofetada (es) f, cachetada (es) f
Swahili: kibare (sw)

Makeup, cosmetics.

Bulgarian: грим (bg) m (grim)
German: Makeup n, Schminke (de) f
Russian: штукату́рка (ru) f (štukatúrka)

Verb

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 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, OCLC 19736994; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, OCLC 258624721:
  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.
Synonyms: rule, rock
The band's new single slaps.
- 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.
(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."
(transitive, informal, figurative) 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.

Hyponyms

cuff

Derived terms

slapper
slap leather
slap together
slap-up

Translations

to give a slap

Albanian: backos (sq)
Arabic: صَفَعَ‎ (ṣafaʿa), لَطَمَ‎ (laṭama)
Egyptian Arabic: كفخ‎ (kafax), لطش‎ (lɑtˤɑʃ), رزع‎ (razaʕ), رقع‎ (raʔaʕ), ضرب‎ (dˤɑrɑb), ناول‎ (nawel), سفخ‎ (safax), هت‎ (hatt), هف‎ (haff)
Hijazi Arabic: صَفَق‎ m (ṣafag), رقع‎ (ragaʿ), لطش‎ (laṭaš), لطم‎ (laṭam) (to slap one’s self)
Armenian: ապտակել (hy) (aptakel), չափալախել (hy) (čʿapʿalaxel) (dialectal)
Assamese: চৰিওৱা (soriüa)
Azerbaijani: şapalaqlamaq
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bikol Central: sapak
Bulgarian: шляпвам (bg) (šljapvam), зашлевявам (zašlevjavam)
Catalan: bufetejar (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏏᏛᏂᎭ (asidvniha)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: meppen (nl), kletsen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: läimäyttää (fi), läpsäyttää, läpäyttää, läpsäistä (fi)
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)
Italian: schiaffeggiare (it), colpire (it), dare una pacca a
Japanese: ひっぱたく, 平手打ちする (ja)
Khmer: ទះ (km) (teah), ទះកំផ្លៀង (teah kɑmplieŋ)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زلە لێدان‎ (zle lêdan), چەپۆک لێدان‎ (çepok lêdan)
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 (pt)
Quechua: ch'aqlay
Russian: шлёпать (ru) impf (šljópatʹ), шлёпнуть (ru) pf (šljópnutʹ), дава́ть пощёчину impf (davátʹ poščóčinu), 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 (fi), läpsäistä (fi), mätkäistä
Italian: sbattere (it)
Spanish: golpear (es)
Turkish: pat diye ses çıkarmak

To place, to put carelessly

Dutch: neerkwakken (nl)
Finnish: lyödä (fi), mätkäyttää (fi), roiskia (fi)
Italian: sbattere (it), scaraventare (it)
Spanish: aventar (es)

Adverb

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

just, right, slap bang, smack dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Translations

exactly

Bulgarian: точно (bg) (točno), направо (bg) (napravo)
Spanish: justo (es) n

Anagrams

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

Danish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German slap.

Adjective

slap

loose
limp
slack
weak (muscles)
flaccid
lax

Inflection

Inflection of slap
	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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slap

past tense of slippe

References

“slap” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slɑp/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: slap
Rhymes: -ɑp

Adjective

slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)

slack
weak

Inflection

Inflection 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	—

Derived terms

slapheid
slapjanus
slappeling
slapperik
slapte
verslappen

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: slap

Anagrams

plas

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

slāp m

sleep

Declension

Declension of slāp (masculine a-stem)

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

Scots

Noun

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

slap

(transitive) To break an opening in.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /slâːp/

Noun

slȃp m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑п)

(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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sláːp/

Noun

slȃp m inan

(geology) waterfall

Inflection

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

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esˈlap/ [esˈlap]
Rhymes: -ap

Noun

slap m (plural slaps)

(Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)
Synonyms: bamba, chancla, (Venezuela) chola, (Argentina) ojota, (Peru) sayonara

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɬaːp̚˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [θaːp̚˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *saːpᴰ.

Noun

slap

cockroach

Adverb

slap

in a quiet whispery, breathy, hushed voice
phuối slap vạ căn ― to whisper each other

References

Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

slap

English

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Noun

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

References

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

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Descendants

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Old Saxon

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Scots

Noun

Verb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Adverb

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