Definition of Slaphappy

1. Adjective. Cheerfully irresponsible. "Had a harum-scarum youth"


2. Adjective. Dazed from or as if from repeated blows. "Slaphappy with exhaustion"
Exact synonyms: Punch-drunk, Silly
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Confused

Definition of Slaphappy

1. Adjective. Incoherent from being struck, punch drunk. ¹

2. Adjective. Irresponsibly free. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slaphappy

1. [adj -PIER, -PIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaphappy

slap on
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
slaphappy (current term)
slaphead
slapheaded
slapheads
slapjack
slapjacks
slappable
slapped
slapped down
slappee
slappees
slappers
slappies
slapping

Literary usage of Slaphappy

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

1. The American Pageant Revisited: Recollections of a Stanford Historian by Thomas A. Bailey (1982)
"... with the pear crops mostly harvested and the slaphappy decade of "wonderful nonsense" well underway, I took off for Stanford University, about twenty ..."

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