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slap
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)
- (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- (countable) The sound of such a blow.
- (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)
- (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.
- (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
- He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
- (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
- The rain slapped against the window-panes.
- (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.
- (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."
- 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."
- (transitive, informal, figuratively) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- I was slapped with a parking fine.
- (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)
- 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
- loose
- limp
- slack
- weak (muscles)
- flaccid
- lax
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
slap
- 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)
- slack
- 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
- sleep
Declension
Scots
Noun
slap (plural slaps)
- A gap in a fence.
- A narrow cleft between hills.
Verb
slap
- (transitive) To break an opening in.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *solp?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slâ?p/
Noun
sl?p m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (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
- (geology) waterfall
Inflection
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?lap/, [es?lap]
Noun
slap m (plural slaps)
- (Peru) flip-flop, thong (Australia), jandal (New Zealand)
- Synonyms: bamba, chancla, (Venezuela) chola, (Argentina) ojota, (Peru) sayonara
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batter
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bæt?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bæt??/, [?bæ??]
- Rhymes: -æt?(?)
- Homophone: badder (in accents with flapping)
Etymology 1
From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”).
Verb
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
- (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
- (figuratively) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
- Synonym: thrash
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had.
- (Britain, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
- Synonym: intoxicate
- (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Derived terms
- battered person syndrome
- battered woman syndrome
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).
Noun
batter (countable and uncountable, plural batters)
- (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying
- (countable, slang) A binge, a heavy drinking session.
- Synonym: binge
- A paste of clay or loam.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Translations
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Verb
batter (third-person singular simple present batters, present participle battering, simple past and past participle battered)
- (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Noun
batter (plural batters)
- An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
Translations
Etymology 4
bat +? -er (“agent suffix”).
Noun
batter (plural batters)
- (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
- Synonyms: hitter, batsman (rare)
- (cricket, rare) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat; a batsman.
- Synonym: batsman
- Hyponyms: batswoman, batsman
- Hypernym: cricketer
- 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Tarbet, tabret
Dutch
Verb
batter
- first-person singular present indicative of batteren
- imperative of batteren
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.te/
Verb
batter
- (sports) To bat.
Conjugation
Italian
Verb
batter
- Apocopic form of battere
Derived terms
- in un batter d'occhio
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Cognate with German bitter, English bitter, Dutch bitter, Icelandic bitur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bate?/, [?b?t?]
Adjective
batter (masculine batteren, neuter battert, comparative méi batter, superlative am battersten)
- bitter
Declension
See also
- (tastes) Geschmaach; batter, salzeg, sauer, séiss (Category: lb:Taste)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) batar
Etymology
From Late Latin battere, present active infinitive of batt?, alternative form of Latin battu? (“beat, pound; fight”).
Verb
batter
- (Rumantsch Grischun) To beat.
Derived terms
- batta-ovs
- battasenda
Scots
Noun
batter (uncountable)
- A batter.
- A glue; paste.
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