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Definition of Slap
Slap

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.

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Slap Quotations

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.
Mel Gibson

I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything.
Sessue Hayakawa

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.
Liza Minnelli

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
Carter Burwell

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
Katharine Hepburn

Slap Translations

slap in Dutch is draai om de oren, oorveeg, lel
slap in French is battement, gifle
slap in German is schlagen, Klaps
slap in Italian is picchiare, ceffone
slap in Portuguese is batida
slap in Spanish is batido, guantazo, palmada


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