slaphappy
[
slap
-hap-ee]
/ˈslæpˌhæp i/
adjective
,
slaphappier,
slaphappiest.
Informal.
1.
severely befuddled; punch-drunk:
a slaphappy boxer.
2.
agreeably giddy or foolish:
After a martini he was slaphappy.
3.
cheerfully irresponsible:
a slaphappy crowd.
Origin
1935-40;
slap
1
+
happy
British Dictionary definitions for
slap-happy
slap-happy
adjective
(
informal
)
-happier,
-happiest
1.
cheerfully irresponsible or careless
2.
dazed or giddy from or as if from repeated blows; punch-drunk
Slang definitions & phrases for
slap-happy
slap-happy
adjective
Disoriented and stuporous, esp from being hit too often about the head
: a slap-happy bum
(1936+)
Vertiginous; off balance
: designed to knock philologists slap-happy
Euphoric; intoxicated;
high
: He was slap-happy a whole week after the baby came