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Slap

noun
1.
A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).  Synonym: smack.
2.
The act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand.  Synonyms: smack, smacking.
verb
(past & past part. slapped; pres. part. slapping)
1.
Hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand.  "A gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
adverb
1.
Directly.  Synonyms: bang, bolt, slapdash, smack.  "Ran slap into her"



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"Slap" Quotes from Famous Books



... "It isn't a case of being just as good as. It's a matter of physical reserves. Jim and I have more to draw on for the long shifts than you have. So get the hell out of here or I'll stop the ship and slap you even sillier than you ...
— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith

... coming back with seven hundred francs, which he got from his respectable family, under pretence of learning the bass viol, the cornet-a-piston, and the speaking trumpet, so as to make his way in society, and a slap-up marriage—to ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... puff rolled her down till she filled herself chock up between the house and rail, but she kept right on going. Some vessels can't sail at all with decks under, but the Johnnie never stopped. "She's all right, this one," said everybody then. A second later she took a slap of it over her bow, nearly smothering the cook, who had just come up to dump some potato parings over the rail. The way he came up coughing and spitting and then his dive for ...
— The Seiners • James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

... grass, it is truly wonderful how inconspicuous our khaki is amidst rocks or grass. Riding along on Monday last I almost rode slap over some Guardsmen who were halted and lying or sitting in the grass. I only became aware of their presence when about ten yards from them. And they all want to get ...
— A Yeoman's Letters - Third Edition • P. T. Ross

... supporting us that night, as we were working on the enemy's side of the river, within 200 yards of their advance trenches. Never have I felt a more comforting sensation then when watching those Japanese shells bursting just over our heads, a little in advance, the shrapnel from them going slap into the Germans every time. I must say it was a magnificent sight when the Japanese guns were going, the German rockets, etc., and their machine guns and rifles joining in when they could get their heads up. One had to shout to make oneself heard, and those who saw it from ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various


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