slap

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slap /sl'æp/ (slaps slapping slapped)
1 [VERB] V n, V n adv/prep
If you slap someone, you hit them with the palm of your hand.
He would push or slap her once in a while...
I slapped him hard across the face...
[N-COUNT] usu sing
Slap is also a noun.
He reached forward and gave her a slap.
2 [VERB] V n on/onto n
If you slap something onto a surface, you put it there quickly, roughly, or carelessly.
The barman slapped the cup on to the waiting saucer.
3 [VERB] V n on n
If journalists say that the authorities slap something such as a tax or a ban on something, they think it is unreasonable or put on without careful thought. (INFORMAL)
The government slapped a ban on the export of unprocessed logs...
= stick
4 [PHRASE] oft PHR for n
If you describe something that someone does as a slap in the face, you mean that it shocks or upsets you because it shows that they do not support you or respect you.
`The Sun' calls it a massive slap in the face for the United States government...
Britons persist in treating any pay rise of less than 5% as a slap in the face.slap bang
also slap-bang
[ADV] ADV prep
Slap bang is used in expressions such as slap bang in the middle of somewhere to mean exactly in that place. (BRIT INFORMAL)
Of course, slap-bang in the middle of town the rents are high.

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