I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
happy slapping
slap bang
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I ran slap bang into a lamp-post.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Like a great black stone slapped down upon the great wei chi board of Chung Kuo.
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When the wind is adverse, the flat-bottomed scow bucks straight across the waves, catching air and slapping down hard.
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They want the Prime Minister to use the Conservative Party conference next week to slap down this turbulent priest.
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The wind seemed to lift up the boathouse roof, holding it briefly, then letting it slap down hard.
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Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent's face.
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Those state pols who think they deserve more money than most of the voters they represent deserve to be slapped down .
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The spent kick slaps down near your leading foot and you hook it away with the crook of your ankle.
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You never smile, you slap down all attempts at help or friendliness.
■ NOUN
back
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She slapped him on the back .
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He slapped my back and said, Maybe so.
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Forbes slapped me on the back .
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He slapped my back , slapped my butt, then kneaded my flesh.
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She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late.
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Jack said, and he slapped Streeter on the back of the head with his gun hand.
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His father managed to clear the obstruction by slapping Christopher on his back 7 times.
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He rushed over and slapped me on the back as I lifted a highball to my lips.
cheek
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She lay on her bed and after a while heard Betty come in again, slapping at her cheeks and arms.
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As hard as he could he slapped himself across his cheek with an open hand.
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If some one slaps your left cheek then you slap his right, only harder.
face
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It seemed like just another insult, but this was the one that finally got the bully's face slapped .
hand
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Suddenly her hand lashed out and slapped his face.
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A hand raised to slap would send her into hysterical giggles; she knew it would never be delivered.
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She bunched up the guilty hand that had slapped Becky and put it under her pillow.
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As Jess passes by Jody, the coach extends her hand to be slapped .
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These use the cupped palm of the hand to slap an incoming punch either down or to one side.
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Stephen felt the palm of his hand itch to slap her face.
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Your leading hand slaps down on the punch as you simultaneously punch over the top and into the opponent's face.
knee
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He slaps his knee and sits up.
palm
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MacLane slapped his open palm lightly with a leaded length of rubber hosepipe.
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After the customary slapping of palms and the praising of the salesman over the firm loudspeaker, Stone informed Ranieri.
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The captain slapped her palm on the desk with a sound like a breaking plate.
side
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I slapped gently at the sides of her face, without much success, while Miss Hinkle produced a glass of water.
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He slapped her on the side of the head and she took half a swing at him.
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Incoming swells curled around the island and slapped them from both sides at once, sometimes washing all the way over them.
table
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A cash offer of 605p for each Pearl share has been slapped on the table with a loan note alternative.
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When the dealer busted, she yelped and slapped the table .
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Harrick furiously slapped the press table and raged at referee Mark Reischling.
thigh
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Long gourds are the preferred form for slapping against the thighs .
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He did not kno., v that he had made a joke until he saw Mel slapping his thigh and laughing.
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I had to slap my thigh and cavort around.
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He slapped his enormous thighs and laughed some more.
wrist
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Some one, somewhere, must speak for golf - and maybe slap a few wrists .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dora slapped his face and ran home.
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I was so angry I wanted to slap him.
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Mrs. Williams slapped the children's hands away from the candy.
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She slapped him across the face and stormed out of the room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A hand raised to slap would send her into hysterical giggles; she knew it would never be delivered.
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He slapped my back and said, Maybe so.
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I think she had a feeling I might suddenly leap up and start slapping her around.
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She slapped a bubble-syringe into the hair at the base of the girl's neck where the mark wouldn't show.
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She slapped me when I tried to wipe it up, but I swear she winked at me.
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She lay on her bed and after a while heard Betty come in again, slapping at her cheeks and arms.
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That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape.
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The steam, the heat, rose up and slapped her in the face.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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I've seen her chop heads and she's given me a few slaps in the past.
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The fat lady gave his shoulder a slap and he was off, moving tipsily in the direction of Hard.
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A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me, her hand raised as if to give me a slap .
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They just gave him a slap on the wrist then and that enabled him to go out and kill my husband.
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The man said something and they all laughed, the woman giving him a mock slap on the arm.
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He was not averse to giving slaps and pushes when he considered them necessary.
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It's high time he was given a verbal slap .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you don't behave yourself, you'll get a slap !
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Sheila woke Ted up with a slap across the face.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slap on the neck brought him rudely out of his trance.
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It could have been a slap .
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The harsh question was like another slap in the face.
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The sounds of thuds, screams and slaps come from below.
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There was a starchy department head exchanging low fives and complicated hand slaps with a kid who barely reached his knee.
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They struggled until slaps and blows stopped them.