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slap down

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slap  (slp)
n.
1.
a. A sharp blow made with the open hand or with a flat object; a smack.
b. The sound of such a blow.
2. A sharp insult: a slap to one's pride.
v. slapped, slap·ping, slaps
v.tr.
1. To strike with a flat object, such as the palm of the hand.
2. To cause to strike sharply and loudly: "He took a clipping from his wallet and slapped it on the bar" (Nathanael West).
3. To put or place quickly or carelessly: slapped butter on a bagel.
4. To criticize or insult sharply.
5. To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order: slapped him with a speeding ticket; slapped her with a lawsuit.
v.intr.
To strike or beat with the force and sound of a slap: waves slapping against the raft.
adv. Informal
Directly and with force.
Phrasal Verb:
slap down
1. To restrain or correct by means of a sharp blow or emphatic censure: "thought [he] was getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down" (New York Times).
2. To put a sudden end to; suppress: slap down divisive criticism.
Idiom:
slap on the wrist
A nominal or token punishment.

[Middle English slappe.]

slapper n.

slap down
vb
(tr, adverb) Informal to rebuke sharply, as for impertinence
Translations
? slap down
vt sep (inf)
(= put down)hinknallen
(fig) to slap somebody downjdm eins aufs Dach or auf den Deckel geben (inf); to be slapped downeins aufs Dach or auf den Deckel bekommen (inf)


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He said she would slap down a line, and if she couldn't find anything to rhyme with it would just scratch it out and slap down another one, and go ahead.
 
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