Definition of Slap on

1. Verb. Apply carelessly. "Slap some paint onto the wall"

Exact synonyms: Clap On, Slam On
Generic synonyms: Apply, Put On

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slap On

slantwise
slanty
slap
slap-back
slap-bang
slap-down
slap-happy
slap-headed
slap-up
slap and tickle
slap bang
slap bet
slap down
slap in the face
slap on (current term)
slap on the hand
slap on the wrist
slap shot
slap shots
slap someone five
slap together
slapdash
slapdashes
slapdashness
slapdown
slapdowns
slaphappier
slaphappiest
slaphappiness

Literary usage of Slap on

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

1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1844)
"Sir (slap), we are arrived — are arrived (thump) at a crisis, — (thump, and a laugh,) — I say, sir, a (slap on the box) crisis has arrived — (two thumps, ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"... and took them from her ; —that Mary Squires gave her a slap on the face, and pushed her up stairs out of t he kitchen into a room called the hay loft, ..."

3. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... a Blow or Box on the Ear with the Fift, a slap on thr Face. BUFFET Stool, a little portable Seat without Back or Arms. Lino/Info. ..."

4. The Flyers of the Hunt by John Mills (1859)
""You know you wouldn't do any such thing," resumed Robert Top, shaking his head, and repeating the slap on ..."

5. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"Bca-pa««f one [t-, capo], M. : cuff or slap on the head ... M. : slap on the bead (cuff, rap). Boa-pif/Uare [i-, capello], TR. ..."

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