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.
Examples of slap on in a Sentence
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In another incident, a 25-year-old woman was slapped on the forehead while in Midtown on March 23, police said.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Would Laube get a slap on the wrist yet again?
California
Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach
March 25, 2017
Prosecutors sought a six-month prison term for Laube, along with a year of supervised release, a $25 special assessment and a $2,000 fine.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Chen also had his assets confiscated and was stripped of his political rights for life, a penalty often slapped on disgraced officials, according to state media.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist for this year’s draft from April 25-27 in Detroit.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Jimmy Kimmel is back as host, stepping in last year to guide the ship after a rocky 2022 show where presenter Chris Rock received a slap on the face from best actor winner Will Smith, after Rock made a joke at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
—USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
All of this comes on top of a $2 billion (1.8 billion euro) fine that European regulators slapped on Apple earlier this month after concluding that the company had undermined competition in music streaming through the iPhone, despite Spotify being the leader in that market.
—Michael Liedtke, Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Clothing isn’t the only stuff with the All-Star logo slapped on it so there are plenty of ways to bring back a souvenir from the Midseason Classic without breaking the bank — although a piggy bank was one of the few things not spotted as being up for sale.
—George Richards, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Would Laube get a slap on the wrist yet again?
California
Violence erupts at pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach
March 25, 2017
Prosecutors sought a six-month prison term for Laube, along with a year of supervised release, a $25 special assessment and a $2,000 fine.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Chen also had his assets confiscated and was stripped of his political rights for life, a penalty often slapped on disgraced officials, according to state media.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist for this year’s draft from April 25-27 in Detroit.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Jimmy Kimmel is back as host, stepping in last year to guide the ship after a rocky 2022 show where presenter Chris Rock received a slap on the face from best actor winner Will Smith, after Rock made a joke at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
—USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
All of this comes on top of a $2 billion (1.8 billion euro) fine that European regulators slapped on Apple earlier this month after concluding that the company had undermined competition in music streaming through the iPhone, despite Spotify being the leader in that market.
—Michael Liedtke, Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
Clothing isn’t the only stuff with the All-Star logo slapped on it so there are plenty of ways to bring back a souvenir from the Midseason Classic without breaking the bank — although a piggy bank was one of the few things not spotted as being up for sale.
—George Richards, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Slap on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20on. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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