SLAPPED

SLAP

slap

(verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; “The impatient teacher slapped the student”; “a gunshot slapped him on the forehead”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

slapped

simple past tense and past participle of slap

Anagrams

• dapples

Source: Wiktionary


SLAP

Slap, n. Etym: [OE. slappe; akin to LG. slappe, G. schlappe; probably of imitative origin.]

Definition: A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

Slap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slapping.]

Definition: To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

Slap, adv. Etym: [Cf. LG. slap, G. schlapp. See Slap, n.]

Definition: With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] "The railroad cars drive slap into the city." Thackeray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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