skelp
/skɛlp
/verb [with object] Scottish & Northern English
Strike, slap, or smack: (as adjective skelped) the cries of skelped weans...
- The unwieldy but serviceable striker skelped a ball across the goalmouth that kissed the crossbar on its way past.
- Ricksen stepped up and skelped the free-kick into the top corner.
- He didn't just touch it in the second minute, though, he skelped it.
Origin
Late Middle English: probably imitative.
- rabbit food
- rabbit-hawk
- rabbit hole
- rabbit hutch
- rabbit inspector
- rabbitish
- rabbit-o
- rabbit-oh
- rabbitoh
- rabbit paw
- rabbit pea
- rabbit-proof
- rabbit-proof fence
- rabbit punch
- rabbit rat
- rabbit run
- rabbitry
- rabbit season
- rabbit's foot
- rabbit's-foot clover
- rabbit skin
- rabbit skin glue
- rabbit's pea
- rabbit-stock
- rabbit test