Tra từ slap - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slap [slap slaps slapped slapping] verb, noun, adverb BrE [slæp] NAmE [slæp]
verb (-pp-)
1. transitive ~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) to hit sb/sth with the flat part of your hand
Syn: ↑smack
•She slapped his face hard.
•She slapped him hard across the face.
•‘Congratulations!’ he said, slapping me on the back.
2. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to put sth on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry
•He slapped the newspaper down on the desk.
•She slapped a $10 bill into my hand.
3. intransitive + adv./prep. to hit against sth with the noise of sb being slapped
•The water slapped against the side of the boat.
•I could hear bare feet slapping down the corridor.
see also ↑happy slapping
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•I felt like I had been slapped in the face.
•I wanted to slap his face.
•She slapped his hand away.
•She slapped the boy on the leg.
•The officer slapped him hard across the face.
•I'll slap you if you do that again.
•She looked so pleased with herself I felt like slapping her face.
Idioms: ↑slap and tickle ▪ ↑slap in the face ▪ ↑slap on the wrist
Derived: ↑slap somebody about ▪ ↑slap somebody down ▪ ↑slap something on ▪ ↑slap something on somebody ▪ ↑slap something on something

noun
1. countable the action of hitting sb/sth with the flat part of your hand
•She gave him a slap across the face.
•He gave me a hearty slap on the back.
2. singular the noise made by hitting sb/sth with the flat part of your hand; a similar noise made by sth else
•the gentle slap of water against the shore
3. uncountable (BrE, informal) = ↑make-up (¹)

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.

Example Bank:
•He hit the water with a resounding slap.
•He received a slap across the face.
•Her mother delivered a hard slap and sent her to bed.
•She gave him a playful slap on the arm as everyone laughed.
•That boy needs a slap!
•The closure of the school is a slap in the face to the local community.
•They congratulated me with hearty slaps on the back.
•We're hoping that she gets off with a slap on the wrist from the judge.

adverb (also ˌslap ˈbang) (informal)
1. straight, and with great force
•Storming out of her room, she went slap into Luke.
2. exactly
•Their apartment is slap bang in the middle of town.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.