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Synonyms and Antonyms of slapping
- she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face
banging, bashing, batting, belting, biffing, bludgeoning, bobbing, bonking, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clocking, clouting, cracking, hammering, hitting, knocking, nailing, pasting, pounding, punching, rapping, slamming, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, striking, swatting, swiping, tagging, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, whaling, zapping
battering, beating, buffeting, bunging, chopping, cuffing, drubbing, lacing, lambasting, licking, mangling, mauling, pelting, peppering, pommeling (or pommelling), pummeling (also pummelling), roughing
bunting, flicking, stroking, tapping
bumping, butting, jabbing, jostling, kicking, kneeing, poking, prodding, pushing, shoving, stamping
bowling (down or over), creaming, decking, dumping [slang], felling, flooring, knocking down, leveling (or levelling)
rabbit-punching, sucker punching
caning, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), flailing, flogging, lashing, sapping, slashing, sledgehammering, sledging, spearing, stabbing, switching, thrashing, whipping
- tired of jokes that slap people of faith
affronting, disrespecting, dissing [slang], insulting, offending, outraging, slighting, wounding
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