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View definitions for slap

slap

noun as in hard hit, often with hand

verb as in hit hard, often with hand

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Example Sentences

Up and down the plane I heard the slap of blinders yanked down over the windows while the rest of us eagerly took in the view.

“Now get on your knees and crawl,” he demanded with the slap of a leather horse crop against the palm of his hand.

While that might just seem like a slap on the wrist compared to the cost of insurance, the penalty increases every year.

Queen Raina of Jordan also spoke, calling the refugee crisis in Syria “a slap in the face of humanity.”

Sometimes a great movie line has the impact of a slap in the face.

"Slap your saddles on them fresh hosses," he grated harshly from the back of a deep-chested, lean-flanked gray.

Slap through the town, whispered Sikes; therell be nobody in the way to-night to see us.

Black Hood let the clutch slap in and the roadster bounded back onto the tarvia drive.

This was too direct a slap at Elmer Spiker to pass unnoticed; Elmer was too old an arguer to use any ponderous weapon in return.

The man probably never knew exactly when the floor came up to slap the back of his lap.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slap, such as: blip, blow, pat, punch, whack, and bang.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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