slap
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
Types & categories
- blow hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand
The impatient teacher slapped the student
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Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
directly
he ran bang into the pole
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- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwack |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slap |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smacking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spanker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuff |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwack |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | blow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spank |