slap

1. 1.

   a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

   Synonymssmack

   Broaderblow
2. 2.

   the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

   Synonymssmacksmacking

   Broaderblow

   Narrowerspank

1. 1.

   hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

   “The impatient teacher slapped the student”

   “a gunshot slapped him on the forehead”

   Broaderstrike

   Narrowercuff

1. 1.

   directly

   “he ran bang into the pole”

   “ran slap into her”

   Synonymsbangslapdashsmackbolt

   colloquialism

Other forms of slap

plural

slaps·

past tense or participle

slapped

present participle

slapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slap

What does slap mean?

slap means "a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slap?

slap has 1 syllable: slap. In IPA it is /ˈslæp/.

What is another word for slap?

Close synonyms include smack, smack, smacking, bang, slapdash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slap a common word?

slap is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with slap?

1 word rhymes with slap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.