slap sb around
UK also slap sb about— phrasal verb with slap uk/slæp/us/slæp/verb [ T ] -pp-
informal to hit someone repeatedly or often:
Her husband has been slapping her around, but she's afraid to go to the police.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
See more results »