slap around

phrasal verb

slapped around; slapping around; slaps around

informal

: to hit or slap (someone) many times

Examples of slap around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition, Secretary Clinton slapped around US and other Western companies doing business in countries that restrict or censor the Internet, and took aim especially at US companies in China that didn't support Google's position. —IEEE Spectrum, 25 Jan. 2010

The others feasted partly with the help of expansion years, slapping around fledgling Blazers and Raptors. —John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025

Watching Ben Stiller get slapped around by a little monkey tickles a primitive spot in the human brain. —Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

The water slapped around my ears, muting the revelry on the lawn. —Essence, 20 Sep. 2024

Stories are allowed to have their main female characters fall in love and include the lesson that having a six-pack doesn’t give a man the right to slap around his significant other. —Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024

Rhymes for slap around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background