Usually means: Striking quickly with flat hand.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. slap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slap: Merriam-Webster
  3. slap, slap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slap: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slap: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slap, slap: Wordnik
  8. slap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slap: Wiktionary
  10. slap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slap: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slap: Dictionary.com
  14. slap (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. slap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Slap (magazine), Slap (song), Slap, Slap, The Slap (American miniseries), The Slap (TV series), The Slap (U.S. TV series), The Slap (U.S. miniseries), The Slap (film), The Slap (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Slap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. slap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. slap: Rhymezone
  20. slap, slap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. slap: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. SLAP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. slap: FreeDictionary.org
  24. slap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. slap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SLAP: Netlingo
  2. slap: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. SLAP: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. slap: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SLAP: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
  2. SLAP: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. slap: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. S.L.A.P, the slap: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SLAP: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
noun:  (countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
noun:  (countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
noun:  (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
noun:  (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
verb:  (transitive) To give a slap to.
verb:  (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.
verb:  (intransitive) To strike soundly against something.
verb:  (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent, especially when relating to music.
verb:  (transitive) To place, to put carelessly.
verb:  (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
verb:  (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
adverb:  Exactly, precisely
adjective:  (slang, UK) Very good, excellent, amazing.

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