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Forms

1.A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.
2.A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
3.Makeup; cosmetics.(slang)
- If you had too much slap on when you went out . . . your mates say too much slap on your ecaf. Yeah. Oh really girl? Yes . . . Go in the lavs here and have a look.
4.The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
- Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.

1.To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face.
- She slapped him in response to the insult.
2.To cause something to strike soundly.
- He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
3.To strike soundly against something.
- The rain slapped against the window-panes.
- Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
4.To be excellent, especially when relating to music.(slang)
- There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.
- Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.
- Extremely stupid but extremely catchy, with the squelchiest synth I’ve ever heard, it slaps in the simplest way a song can slap.

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From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative.

Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”).

Compare also Italian sleppa (“slap”).