slap
/slæp/ noun B2- A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. · He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.
- A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow. · the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles
- The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- Makeup; cosmetics.
- An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
Plural slaps
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A FLY bit the bare head of a Bald Man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave himself a heavy slap.
I have established a right of way through the centre of old Middleton’s park, slap across it, sir, within a hundred yards of his own front door.
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