Definition of Slapping

1. Verb. (present participle of slap) ¹

2. Noun. The act of giving a slap or slaps. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slapping

1. slap [v] - See also: slap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slapping

slaphappiness
slaphappy
slaphead
slapheaded
slapheads
slapjack
slapjacks
slappable
slapped
slapped down
slappee
slappees
slappers
slappies
slapping (current term)
slapping down
slappings
slappity
slappy
slaps
slaps down
slapshot
slapshots
slapsies
slapstick
slapsticker
slapstickeries
slapstickers
slapstickery

Literary usage of Slapping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The hurrying tumbling waves, quick-broken crests, slapping, The horizon's edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud, ..."

2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"Perhaps you'll be the next one to take up the old quarrel. Ain't you Beaumont enough ? " about, his partially disabled foot slapping the floor more ..."

3. Mistakes in Teaching by James Laughlin Hughes (1898)
"It is a mistake to punish by pulling a child's ears, slapping his cheeks, etc., ... slapping ..."

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