wrist-slap
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wrist-slap (third-person singular simple present wrist-slaps, present participle wrist-slapping, simple past and past participle wrist-slapped)
- (transitive) To reprimand mildly.
- You know the mother will probably only wrist-slap her "little angel" with a tsk-tsk. No wonder the kid is a little terror.
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wrist-slap (plural wrist-slaps)
- (countable) A mild reprimand, especially one that many observers might consider too lenient.
- Some crimes clearly warrant more than a mere wrist-slap — physically dangerous people must be removed from circulation.
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to reprimand mildly
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overly mild punishment
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