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.
- half-bred
- half-breed
- half-brother
- half-butt
- half-caf
- half-caste
- half-century
- half-cock
- half-cocked
- half-completed
- out of pocket
- out of practice
- out of print
- out of proportion
- out-of-province
- out-of-round
- out-of-roundness
- out of season
- out-of-series
- out of service
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out-of-state