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skelp
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skelp1 Dialect
vb
(tr) to slap
n
a slap
[probably of imitative origin]

skelp2
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) sheet or plate metal that has been curved and welded to form a tube
[perhaps from Scottish Gaelic sgealb thin strip of wood]

Skelp a heavy fall of rain.


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Some players frustrate me by not striking the ball powerfully but Cillian certainly gives it a skelps.
13 min: Disley whips down the right and skelps a tasty ball across the face of the West Brom goal.
He skelps it and makes it dip in front of the goalie, so I'll need to watch out for it.
 
 
 
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