transitive verb
1. : buffet , manhandle
drunks … have a way of becoming much less troublesome if they are slapped around a little — Time
2. : to treat roughly, overbearingly, or harshly
critics really slapped the play around
transitive verb
1. : buffet , manhandle
drunks … have a way of becoming much less troublesome if they are slapped around a little — Time
2. : to treat roughly, overbearingly, or harshly
critics really slapped the play around
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012