Meaning

3 senses

  1. A slap delivered with the back of one's hand instead of the palm-side of an open hand.

  2. A controlled landing, slapping to the mat with one's back.

  3. An encouraging pat on one's back.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He pulled her head back and started slapping her.

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  2. Sami came back and slapped Layla.

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  3. Sandra pushed Robert back and slapped him in the face.

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Forms

plural: back slaps

Word family

1 related words
Derivedback-slappery

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backB1backacheB1backbonebackcountrybackdrop

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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