EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (slap), whence also German Schlappe (defeat). Compare also Italian sleppa (slap).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /slæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • (file)

NounEdit

slap (countable and uncountable, plural slaps)

  1. (countable) 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.
  2. (countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
    the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles
  3. (countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
    • 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.
  4. (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
    • 1997, Gardiner, James, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 123:
      Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
    • Quoted in 2006, Matt Houlbrook, Queer London (page 151)
      If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
  5. (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
    • 2019, Saskia Hufnagel, Duncan Chappell, The Palgrave Handbook on Art Crime (page 859)
      [] which seek to retake public space for their own expression, using graffiti, stickering, 'slaps' and street art to dissent from the commercialisation of the public sphere.

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VerbEdit

slap (third-person singular simple present slaps, present participle slapping, simple past and past participle slapped)

  1. (transitive) To give a slap to.
    She slapped him in response to the insult.
  2. (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
    He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
  3. (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
    The rain slapped against the window-panes.
  4. (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent.
    Synonyms: rule, rock
    The band's new single slaps.
    • 2019, "Glass Battles", PT Music Watch, Issue 1 (2019), page 35:
      There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.
    • 2019, Gloria Perez, "Your Things", Your Mag, April 2019, page 74:
      Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.
    • 2019, Elly Watson, "The Great 2019 Debate", DIY, November 2019, page 59:
      2016's 'Girls Like Me' still slaps to this day.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:slap.
  5. (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
    We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
    • 2018 "The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets", Bob's Burgers
      Louise Belcher: "On Monday there was supposed to be some big schoolboard inspection or something, so instead of cleaning the place up, what does the principal do? He panics. He and the janitor and the janitor's brother slap a wall where the door used to be."
      Gene Belcher: "Wall slap."
  6. (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
    I was slapped with a parking fine.
  7. (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
    • 2007, Jon Paulien, The Gospel from Patmos:
      With no drums, Black began slapping his bass to keep time while Moore's guitar leaped in and out of the melody line.

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AdverbEdit

slap (not comparable)

  1. Exactly, precisely
    He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.
    • 1864, Tony Pastor, John F. Poole, Tony Pastor's Complete Budget of Comic Songs (page 63)
      They called the tom-cat to the trap, / Who molrowed as he smelt at the door, O— / Opened his mouth and swallowed him slap, / All the while most profanely he swore, O!

SynonymsEdit

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DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Low German slap.

AdjectiveEdit

slap

  1. loose
  2. limp
  3. slack
  4. weak (muscles)
  5. flaccid
  6. lax
InflectionEdit
Inflection of slap
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular slap slappere slappest2
Neuter singular slapt slappere slappest2
Plural slappe slappere slappest2
Definite attributive1 slappe slappere slappeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

slap

  1. past tense of slippe

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch slap. Cognate with German schlaff and schlapp.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)

  1. slack
  2. weak

InflectionEdit

Inflection of slap
uninflected slap
inflected slappe
comparative slapper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial slap slapper het slapst
het slapste
indefinite m./f. sing. slappe slappere slapste
n. sing. slap slapper slapste
plural slappe slappere slapste
definite slappe slappere slapste
partitive slaps slappers

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Papiamentu: slap

AnagramsEdit

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *slāp. Compare Old English slǣp, Old High German slāf.

NounEdit

slāp m

  1. sleep

DeclensionEdit


ScotsEdit

NounEdit

slap (plural slaps)

  1. A gap in a fence.
    • 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
      The mosses, waters, slaps and stiles, / That lie between us and our hame
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. A narrow cleft between hills.

VerbEdit

slap

  1. (transitive) To break an opening in.

Serbo-CroatianEdit

 
Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

slȃp m (Cyrillic spelling сла̑п)

  1. (geology) waterfall

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • slap” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *solpъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

slȃp m inan

  1. (geology) waterfall

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sláp
gen. sing. slápa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
sláp slápa slápi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
slápa slápov slápov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
slápu slápoma slápom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sláp slápa slápe
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slápu slápih slápih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slápom slápoma slápi
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. sláp
gen. sing. slapú
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
sláp slapôva slapôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
slapú slapôv slapôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
slápu slapôvoma slapôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sláp slapôva slapôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
slápu slapôvih slapôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
slápom slapôvoma slapôvi

Further readingEdit

  • slap”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

slap m (plural slaps)

  1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)
    Synonyms: bamba, chancla, (Venezuela) chola, (Argentina) ojota, (Peru) sayonara

TàyEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Tai *saːpᴰ.

NounEdit

slap

  1. cockroach

Etymology 2Edit

AdverbEdit

slap

  1. in a quiet whispery, breathy, hushed voice
    phuối slap vạ cănto whisper each other

ReferencesEdit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội