Verb
The word is derived from slap
of Slap
Source: Webster's dictionaryI ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands. Constantin Brâncuși
I learned from working in the fashion world that if I have a day when I feel slapped in the face, or if someone has been mean, I just have to get back up and it will be another day. I think about what I'm grateful for. I look at my kids and my husband and think, Wow, I'm a really lucky person. Heidi Klum
Every time we get slapped down, we can say, Thank you Mother Nature, because it means we're about to learn something important. John N. Bahcall
Jace looked as if she had slapped him. "Why are you determined not to believe us?" "Because she loves you," said Valentine. Clary felt the blood drain out of her face. Cassandra Clare
The last monk, upon entering, paused in the lock. He stood in the open hatchway and took off his sandals. "Sic transit mundus," he murmured, looking back at the glow. He slapped the soles of his sandals together, beating the dirt out of them. Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Sam swallowed. The dire pronouncement echoed in his ears, imbued with the faint hint of the Free Magic power that was contained within the cat form on his shoulder. He slapped Sprout on the rump to get her going; then he said the first thing that came into his head. "Mogget. Shut up." Garth Nix