Meaning

2 senses

  1. Synonym of wrist-slap.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. She got off with a slap on the wrist.

    deSie kam mit einem Schlag aufs Handgelenk davon. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. All she received was a slap on the wrist.

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  3. She got away with a slap on the wrist.

    ruОна отделалась лёгким наказанием. — Karok

    deSie kam mit einem blauen Auge davon. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom got off with a slap on the wrist.

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  5. I got off with a slap on the wrist.

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Forms

slaps on the wrist, slapping on the wrist, slapped on the wrist, slapped on the wrist
Base formslap on the wrist · to slap on the wrist
3rd person singularslaps on the wrist
Present participleslapping on the wrist
Past simpleslapped on the wrist
Past participleslapped on the wrist

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslap on the wrist
he, she, itslaps on the wrist

Past simpleLesson

all personsslapped on the wrist

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slapped on the wrist
he, she, ithas slapped on the wrist

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slap on the wrist

Synonyms

1 synonyms
wrist-slap

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slapB2slapstickslashB2

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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