transcription, транскрипция: [ slæp ]
( slaps, slapping, slapped)
1.
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...
VERB : V n , V n adv / prep
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Slap is also a noun.
He reached forward and gave her a slap.
N-COUNT : usu sing
2.
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.
VERB : V n on/onto n
3.
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
VERB : V n on n [ disapproval ]
4.
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.
PHRASE : oft PHR for n