noun, verb, slapped, slap⋅ping, adverb | 1. | a sharp blow or smack, esp. with the open hand or with something flat. |
| 2. | a sound made by or as if by such a blow or smack: the slap of the waves against the dock. |
| 3. | a sharply worded or sarcastic rebuke or comment. |
| 4. | to strike sharply, esp. with the open hand or with something flat. |
| 5. | to bring (the hand, something flat, etc.) with a sharp blow against something. |
| 6. | to dash or cast forcibly: He slapped the package against the wall. |
| 7. | to put or place promptly and sometimes haphazardly (often fol. by on): The officer slapped a ticket on the car. He slapped mustard on the sandwich. |
| 8. | Informal. directly; straight; smack: The tug rammed slap into the side of the freighter. |
| 9. | slap down,
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| 10. | slap on the wrist, relatively mild criticism or censure: He got away with a slap on the wrist. |
