v. 1 smack, cuff, whack, rap; spank; Colloq clout, wallop He said something extremely rude so she slapped him 2 flap, slat, whip, beat, bat Can't you stop that blind from slapping in the wind? 3 fling, toss, splash, hurl, throw, sling If you slap some paint on it, no one will know the difference
n. 4 smack, blow, cuff, whack, rap, Colloq clout, wallop He got a hard slap on the cheek for using foul language 5 Often, slap in the face. reprimand, reproof, rebuff, criticism, censure, rebuke, shot, thrust, attack, put-down, insult, offence, smack in the eye The speaker's reference to Anne's paper as 'trivial' was a severe slap in the face
adv. 6 slap on. exactly, directly, precisely, straight, point-blank, right, squarely, plumb, smack, bang As usual, Barry's comments were slap on the mark