slap1

[slap] /slæp/
noun
1.
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
2.
a sound made by or as if by such a blow or smack:
the slap of the waves against the dock.
3.
a sharply worded or sarcastic rebuke or comment.
verb (used with object), slapped, slapping.
4.
to strike sharply, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
5.
to bring (the hand, something flat, etc.) with a sharp blow against something.
6.
to dash or cast forcibly:
He slapped the package against the wall.
7.
to put or place promptly and sometimes haphazardly (often followed by on):
The officer slapped a ticket on the car. He slapped mustard on the sandwich.
adverb
8.
Informal. directly; straight; smack:
The tug rammed slap into the side of the freighter.
Verb phrases
9.
slap down,
  1. to subdue, especially by a blow or by force; suppress.
  2. to reject, oppose, or criticize sharply:
    to slap down dissenting voices.
Idioms
10.
slap on the wrist, relatively mild criticism or censure:
He got away with a slap on the wrist.
Origin
1625-35; < Low German slapp, slappe; of expressive orig.
Related forms
slapper, noun
Synonyms
1. See blow1 .
British Dictionary definitions for slap down

slap down

verb
1.
(transitive, adverb) (informal) to rebuke sharply, as for impertinence

slap

/slæp/
noun
1.
a sharp blow or smack, as with the open hand, something flat, etc
2.
the sound made by or as if by such a blow
3.
a sharp rebuke; reprimand
4.
(Brit, informal) a bit of slap and tickle, slap and tickle, sexual play
5.
a slap in the face, an insult or rebuff
6.
a slap on the back, congratulation
7.
a slap on the wrist, a light punishment or reprimand
verb slaps, slapping, slapped
8.
(transitive) to strike (a person or thing) sharply, as with the open hand or something flat
9.
(transitive) to bring down (the hand, something flat, etc) sharply
10.
when intr, usually foll by against. to strike (something) with or as if with a slap
11.
(transitive) (informal, mainly Brit) to apply in large quantities, haphazardly, etc: she slapped butter on the bread
12.
slap on the back, to congratulate
adverb (informal)
13.
exactly; directly: slap on time
14.
forcibly or abruptly: to fall slap on the floor
Derived Forms
slapper, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Low German slapp, German Schlappe, of imitative origin
Word Origin and History for slap down

slap

v.

late 15c., "strike with the open hand," from slap (n.). As an adverb, 1670s, "suddenly;" 1829, "directly." Related: Slapped; slapping.

n.

mid-15c., probably of imitative origin, similar to Low German slappe, German Schlappe. Figurative meaning "insult, reprimand" is attested from 1736. Slap-happy (1936) originally meant "punch-drunk." Slap on the wrist "very mild punishment" dates from 1914.

Slang definitions & phrases for slap down

slap

adverb

Precisely; directly: Streets that ended slap in a courtyard/ The storm was pointed slam-bang at Tampa (first form 1829+, second 1885+, third 1940s+)


Idioms and Phrases with slap down

slap down

Restrain or correct emphatically, as in They thought he was getting far too arrogant and needed to be slapped down. This idiom, which literally means “inflict a physical blow,” began to be used figuratively in the first half of the 1900s.