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

transitive verb

1. To do in a hasty, imperfect manner
2. To roughcast

slap-happˈy adjective (informal)

1. Recklessly or boisterously happy
2. Slapdash, happy-go-lucky
3. Punch-drunk

slapˈhead noun (slang)

A person with a bald or shaved head

slapˈjack noun (US)

1. A flapjack, griddle-cake
2. A card game in which players try to win the pack by being the first to slap a hand over the jack, as it is turned over on top of the pile

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