slap on
phrasal verb
slapped on; slapping on; slaps on
informal
: to add (something, such as an extra charge) to an amount
The hotel slapped an extra $100 on his bill to cover the damage.
The judge slapped on an additional fine.
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At first glance, Energy Star might seem like just a government label slapped on refrigerators or laptops.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
One of Trump’s winning campaign promises was to drain the swamp, shrink the size and cost of government, and eliminate 10 regulations for every new one slapped on the public.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
There are platforms that string together LLMs, spurious claims of agentic superiority, and GPT wrappers upon GPT wrappers that are slapped on existing solutions.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Trump's 20% tariffs slapped on China over fentanyl production will remain, meaning the U.S. tariffs on China will total 30% overall.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
One of Trump’s winning campaign promises was to drain the swamp, shrink the size and cost of government, and eliminate 10 regulations for every new one slapped on the public.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025
There are platforms that string together LLMs, spurious claims of agentic superiority, and GPT wrappers upon GPT wrappers that are slapped on existing solutions.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Trump's 20% tariffs slapped on China over fentanyl production will remain, meaning the U.S. tariffs on China will total 30% overall.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for slap on
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“Slap on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20on. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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