Definition of "slap" []

• A sharp blow made with the open hand or with a flat object; a smack. (noun)
• The sound of such a blow. (noun)
• A sharp insult: a slap to one's pride. (noun)
• To strike with a flat object, such as the palm of the hand. (verb-transitive)
• To cause to strike sharply and loudly: "He took a clipping from his wallet and slapped it on the bar” ( Nathanael West). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This slap is absolutely laughable, and once again shows just how out of touch Emmy voters are with reality."
• "Sometimes the men would have what we called slap-jacks."
• "I occasionally go over to Newsvine and get in slap fights w/the righties over there."