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Recent Examples of slap
Verb
By slapping a $100,000 filing fee on H=1B visas, the White House has declared the days of cheap labor pipelines and visa abuse officially over. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 Richter asks before leaning on a chair upside down as Slater slaps his butt again. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
Such behavior effectively begs for no tip or even a slap. Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Charlie felt the hot slap of the Blight’s anger bleeding through their tether. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slap
Verb
  • The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The flintlock coughed a lot of smoke, but Zutterman heard the 270-grain roundball smack the buck.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The series of tests YouTuber Cody Detwiler put Ben the humanoid through a series of tasks after insulting him and programming him to consider humans as enemies.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Patrick doesn’t waste time insulting Ellen about her relationship with Edward, never mind that, as Ellen points out, Edward’s the reason Patrick’s a free man.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yes, the Seahawks entered the game short-handed in the secondary, then suffered another blow when cornerback Riq Woolen suffered a concussion in the third quarter.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Business is booming, but President Chris Kohnle worries the 80-year-old, family-run establishment could soon take a blow.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ball popped up in the air and Bolton was there to grab it, except he was hit by teammate Drue Tranquill.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hikers hit Goat Trail Hill 'n Dale Hiking Club will hike Thursday along the Goat Trail to Steel Creek on the Buffalo National River.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Reporters in the Brady Room earlier this week were greeted by the meme on a loop; the vice president, addressing them on the shutdown, laughed at Democrats who were offended by the trope.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And faculty worry that teaching certain subject matter and texts might offend students and, if students complain, lead to administrative sanctions.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The dramatic thump of the ship’s four electromagnetic catapults which shoot them into the sky is constant and can be heard throughout the ship.
    Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The Red Sox are in a good spot for their future, but their lineup clearly needs more thump.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The sarcasm has passed down generations.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The decision in Gardner’s favor could become a significant ruling for celebrities who use humor, exaggeration and sarcasm that some might find inappropriate when responding to strangers on social media platforms.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But did Swift need to punch down to fulfill the concept?
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In the late matchup, the Dodgers have a chance to punch their ticket to the NLCS.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Slap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slap. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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