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# slap

«slap» in Mova's school dictionary: **To hit someone or something with an open hand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (slap, slaps, slapped, slapping); noun (a slap, slaps); adverb (slap — right, directly, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hit someone or something with an open hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#m1)

2) A hit with an open hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#m2)

3) To put something down quickly and noisily: "She slapped the book on the desk." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#m3)

4) Informal: exactly, directly: "slap in the middle". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings and safety lessons, slapping someone is hurting them and is never OK; use words and get help from an adult. In stories, a slap shows anger or shock. In sport, a "high five" is a friendly hand slap. Phrases: slap on the back, slap your knee, slap on (put on quickly), slap in the face.

### examples

- Never slap anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x1)
- He slapped his knee and laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x2)
- She slapped the mosquito on her arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x3)
- They slapped on some sun cream and ran outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x4)
- Dad gave him a friendly slap on the back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x5)
- The fish slapped its tail on the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x6)
- In his eagerness to kill it, he hit himself a smart slap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/#x7)

### note

Regular verb, double p: slapped, slapping. "A slap in the face" can mean an insult. "Slap on the wrist" means a very small punishment. Rule: hitting, including slapping, is not allowed; tell an adult if someone hits you.

### In the corpora

- [Slapped cheek syndrome gives bright red cheeks, and by the time the rash appears you are no longer infectious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «slap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.