different between sleep vs slap
sleep
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sl?p, IPA(key): /sli?p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /slip/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English slepen, from Old English sl?pan, from Proto-West Germanic *sl?pan, from Proto-Germanic *sl?pan?.
Verb
sleep (third-person singular simple present sleeps, present participle sleeping, simple past and past participle slept)
- (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- We sleep in the bedroom.
- We sleep in the bedroom.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- (transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
- 1995, All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters (page 158)
- Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.
- 1995, All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters (page 158)
- (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
- (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
- (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- September 28, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- We sleep over our happiness.
- September 28, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
- (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
- (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
- (computing, transitive) To place into a state of hibernation.
- 2009, Mike Lee, Scott Meyers, Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard (page 91)
- Even when you have reasons not to sleep the computer, it's still a good idea to sleep the display after a period of time.
- 2009, Mike Lee, Scott Meyers, Learn Mac OS X Snow Leopard (page 91)
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Troponyms
- (rest in a state of reduced consciousness): nap, doze, snooze
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English slepe, sleep, sleepe, from Old English sl?p (“sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *sl?p, from Proto-Germanic *sl?paz (“sleep”).
Noun
sleep (countable and uncountable, plural sleeps)
- (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
- (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
- (informal, metonymically) A night.
- (uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
- Synonyms: (informal) sleepy, (informal) sleeper, (informal) sleepy dust, (slang) crusty, (UK dialectal) gound
- 2017, Adam J. Fisch, Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It, Oxford University Press (?ISBN):
- [...] and draw the medial canthus (aka medial commissure) at the medial extreme. Now draw the lacrimal caruncle at the medial corner of the eye, which produces whitish, oily fluid—it produces “sleep in the eye.”
- 2019, Jahangir Moini, Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals, Jones & Bartlett Learning (?ISBN), page 780, entry "Medial canthus":
- The part of the eyelid that is the location of the lacrimal caruncle, which produces rheum or "sleep," the gritty substance often present when awakening.
- A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
- Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism
- 1843, Joh Müller, John Bell, Elements of Physiology, page 808:
- The daily sleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena […]
- The hibernation of animals.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:sleep
- (mucus in the eyes): sleepies, bed booger(s), eye bogey(s), eye bogie(s), eye booger(s), eye crust, eye goop(s), eye gunk(s), eye sand, eye-snot, eye snot, sleepy booger(s)
Derived terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “sleep”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- LEEPs, Leeps, Lepes, peels, speel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sle?p/
- Rhymes: -e?p
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sleep m (plural slepen, diminutive sleepje n)
- (the act of) dragging, towing
- train, the part of wedding gown that drags behind the bride
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
sleep
- singular past indicative of slijpen
Verb
sleep
- first-person singular present indicative of slepen
- imperative of slepen
Anagrams
- slepe, speel, spele
Middle English
Noun
sleep (uncountable)
- Alternative form of slepe
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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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