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Synonyms for slap
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slapadverb

    Synonyms:
    just, smack dab, right, slap bang

  2. slapverb

    A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

    She slapped him in response to the insult.

    Synonyms:
    right, just, slap bang, smack dab

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. slap, smacknoun

    a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

    Synonyms:
    thunder, nose drops, scag, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, skag

  2. smack, smacking, slapverb

    the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

    Synonyms:
    scag, nose drops, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, flavor, big H, smooch, smack, smacking, sapidity, tang, savor, thunder, skag

  3. slapadverb

    hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

    "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"

  4. bang, slap, slapdash, smack, boltadverb

    directly

    "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

    Synonyms:
    slapdash, smack, rigidly, bang, slam-bang, stiffly, bolt

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slapnoun

    Synonyms:
    blow (with something broad), clap

  2. slapadjective

    Synonyms:
    with a slap

  3. slapverb

    Synonyms:
    strike (with something broad), dab, pat

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slapadverb

    Synonyms:
    suddenly, violently, unceremoniously, instantly

  2. slapnoun

    Synonyms:
    cuff, buffet

  3. slapverb

    Synonyms:
    box, cuff, buffet

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "slap":

    blow, slapping, slapped, smack

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How to use slap in a sentence?

  1. Gabby Petito:

    Well, he like grabbed my face, like, I guess... He didn't like, hit me in the face. He didn't, like, punch me in the face or anything, did he slap your face or what ?

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    This bill, as currently written, includes a huge giveaway to the fossil fuel industry, it's a slap in the face to the communities fighting to protect themselves from filthy fossil fuels.

  3. Kathy Koch:

    It would have been better if the ‘joke’ would have never been told and the slap would have never been delivered.

  4. Ezra Dolezal:

    It's kind of a slap in the face to African-Americans because she doesn't know what it's like to be black, she's only been African-American when it benefited her. She hasn't been through all the struggles. She's only been African-American the last few years.

  5. Dedra Shannon:

    She said, ‘please don’t hate me, but unfortunately you’re going to have to take your poster down, i’m disappointed. It is a slap in the face of Christianity.


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