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verb (slaps, slapping, slapped)

• 1 [with object] hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object:my sister slapped my face
• [no object, with adverbial] hit against or into something with the sound of something being slapped:water slapped against the boat
• (slap someone down) informal reprimand someone forcefully: Uncle Max was always slapping me down for being big-headed

• 2 [with object and adverbial] put or apply (something) somewhere quickly, carelessly, or forcefully:slap on a bit of make-up he slapped a copy of the paper onto her desk
• (slap something on) informal impose a fine or other penalty on:the government had slapped an embargo on imports

noun

• 1a blow with the palm of the hand or a flat object:he gave her a slap across her cheek
• a sound made or as if made by a slap:she heard the slap of water against the harbour wall

• 2 [mass noun] informal make-up, especially when applied thickly or carelessly: I put a bit of slap on my face and we were ready to go

adverb

• suddenly and directly, especially with great force:storming out of her room, she went slap into Luke
• exactly; right:the parador is slap bang in the middle of the Alhambra