slap¹ /slap/

1. A blow with the hand or anything flat
2. The sound made by this
3. A snub, rebuke
4. Stage make-up (theatre slang)
5. Hence, make-up generally

1. To give a slap to
2. To bring or send with a slap
3. To rebuke (also with down)
4. To apply without much care or attention (usu with on)

1. With a slap
2. Suddenly, violently
3. Directly, straight

slappˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that slaps
2. A whopper, a thing very big of its kind (slang)
3. A promiscuous woman (slang)

slappˈing adjective (slang)

Whopping

slap and tickle noun (informal)

Amorous frolicking, with kissing, petting, etc

slapˈ-bang adverb

1. Violently, all at once
2. Directly, straight

adjective

Dashing, violent

noun

1. A cheap eating-house
2. A simple firework that makes a noise when thrown down

slap bass noun

(in popular music) a style of playing the bass guitar or double bass in which strings are plucked and released sharply against the fingerboard

slapˈdash adverb

In a hasty, careless way

adjective

Hastily and carelessly done

noun

1. Roughcast
2. Careless work

• betrothment
• betrothments
• betroths
• bets
• betted
• better
• better-ball
• better bet
• bettered
• better half
• better halfs
• better halves
• bettering
• betterings
• betterment
• betterments
• bettermost
• betterness
• betternesses
• better off
• better oneself
• betters
• better than a poke in the eye
• better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
• betties