different between abuse vs slap

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English abusen, then from either Old French abus (“improper use”), or from Latin ab?sus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of ab?tor (“make improper use of, consume, abuse”), from ab (“away”) + ?tor (“to use”). Equivalent to ab- +? use.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bju?s/
• (General American) enPR: ?byo?os', IPA^(key): /??bjus/
• Hyphenation: ab?use

Noun

abuse (countable and uncountable, plural abuses)

1. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470]

   Synonym: misuse

2. Misuse; improper use; perversion. [from mid 16^th c.]
   • 1788, Federalist, James Madison, Number 63

     Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty, as well as by the abuses of power.
3. (obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception. [from mid 16^th c. – mid 17^th c.]
4. Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid 16^th c.]
   • 1950 February 11, Alhaji Na-Alhaji in Gaskiya Fa Ti Kwabo:

     But he and all the southerners who indulge in this abuse in the newspapers should realize that this will not enable us to find a solution to our problem but will merely aggravate it.

   Synonyms: invective, contumely, reproach, scurrility, insult, opprobrium

5. (now rare) Catachresis. [from late 16^th c.]

   Synonym: abusio

6. Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment. [from late 16^th c.]
7. Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis. [from late 16^th c.]

Usage notes

• (misuse, perversion): Typically followed by the word of.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abusen, from Middle French abuser, from Latin ab?sus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of ab?tor (“to use up, misuse, consume”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ?tor (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bju?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bjuz/, enPR: ?byo?oz'
• Hyphenation: abuse

Verb

abuse (third-person singular simple present abuses, present participle abusing, simple past and past participle abused)

1. (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly. [from mid 16^th c.]

   Synonyms: maltreat, injure
3. (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17^th c.]

   Synonyms: revile, reproach, vilify, vituperate; see also Thesaurus:offend

   • 1991, Yakubu Yahaya, quoted in: 2001, Toyin Falola, Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies, p. 199:

     So we were angered by this and we could not tolerate this one because prophet Mohammed has been abused so many times in this country. Awolowo abused him sometimes ago saying that he was more successful and popular that^[sic] Mohammed and Jesus.
4. (transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually. [from mid 20^th c.]
5. (transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape. [from around 1350 to 1470]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

6. (transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate. [from around 1350 to 1470 – mid 18^th c.]
7. (transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of. [from late 15^th c. – early 19^th c.]
   • 1651-2, Jeremy Taylor, "Sermon VI, The House of Feasting; or, The Epicures Measures", in The works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 283 (1831), edited by Thomas Smart Hughes

     When Cyrus had espied Astyages and his fellows coming drunk from a banquet loaden with variety of follies and filthiness, their legs failing them, their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud and abused by a double object

8. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse. [from late 15^th century – mid 16^th c.]

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “abuse”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 10

Anagrams

• aubes, beaus

French

Verb

abuse

1. first-person singular present indicative of abuser
2. third-person singular present indicative of abuser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abuser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of abuser
5. second-person singular imperative of abuser

Anagrams

• aubes

Latin

Participle

ab?se

1. vocative masculine singular of ab?sus

Portuguese

Verb

abuse

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of abusar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of abusar
3. first-person singular imperative of abusar
4. third-person singular imperative of abusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?buse/, [a???u.se]

Verb

abuse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of abusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of abusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of abusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of abusar.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

slap (countable and uncountable, plural slaps)

1. (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
2. (countable) The sound of such a blow.
3. (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.

Usage notes

Especially used of blows to the face (aggressive), buttocks, and hand, frequently as a sign of reproach. Conversely, used of friendly strikes to the back, as a sign of camaraderie.

Hyponyms

• cuff

Derived terms

• bitch-slap
• dickslap
• pimp-slap
• slap and tickle
• slap in the face

Translations

Verb

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.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.

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, slang) To be excellent.

   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, figuratively) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).

   I was slapped with a parking fine.

7. (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).

Hyponyms

• cuff

Derived terms

• slapper
• slap leather
• slap together
• slap-up

Translations

Adverb

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!

Synonyms

• just, right, slap bang, smack dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Translations

Anagrams

• ALPs, APLS, APLs, ASPL, Alps, PALS, PALs, PLAs, Pals, Plas, SPLA, alps, laps, pals, salp

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German slap

Adjective

slap

1. loose
2. limp
3. slack
4. weak (muscles)
5. flaccid
6. lax

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

slap

1. past tense of slippe

References

• “slap” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?p/
• Hyphenation: slap
• Rhymes: -?p

Adjective

slap (comparative slapper, superlative slapst)

1. slack
2. weak

Inflection

Derived terms

• slapheid
• slapjanus
• slappeling
• slapperik
• slapte
• verslappen

Anagrams

• plas

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sl?p. Compare Old English sl?p, Old High German sl?f.

Noun

sl?p m

1. sleep

Declension

Scots

Noun

slap (plural slaps)

1. A gap in a fence.
2. A narrow cleft between hills.

Verb

slap

1. (transitive) To break an opening in.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solp?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâ?p/

Noun

sl?p m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (geology) waterfall

Declension

References

• “slap” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solp?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slá?p/

Noun

sl?p m inan

1. (geology) waterfall

Inflection

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?lap/, [es?lap]

Noun

slap m (plural slaps)

1. (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)

   Synonyms: bamba, chancla, (Venezuela) chola, (Argentina) ojota, (Peru) sayonara