slaps 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of slap
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slaps

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noun

plural of slap
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slaps
Verb
Instead, Ted slaps him in the face, twice. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025 Anthony thinks his fiancé wants a mother more than a partner, so Giuseppe slaps a pie into his face? Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025 The main kid characters are teens navigating their parents getting remarried, so older children will be able to wrap their heads around that and are more apt to find that Anna's old band, Pink Slip, still slaps. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Touted as the second-highest fine ever levied by the board, many observers struggled to view it as anything but the gentlest of wrist slaps. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 They were then categorized by behavior, including jumps, belly rolls, tail slaps, bow riding and even petting. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaps
Verb
  • Andor hates him on sight, which only intensifies when Berend smacks around his mother and tears up the apartment looking for proof that Klára has deceived the boy with idealized fictions about his origins.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Vocals are sped up into squiggles, instruments are reversed and gated, percussion smacks you in the face and then suddenly vanishes.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the case of Governor Pritzker insults his body, body shamed him.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • No matter how many times Putin insults the president and ignores his calls for a total ceasefire in Ukraine, Trump returns for more humiliation.
    Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The clip runs for more than four minutes and starts with the employee, identified as Tikerra Hicks by FOX59, on the ground as a group of women surround her and rain down blows.
    Michael Nied, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The two stars again exchanged a series of blows, ended by a hurricanrana and a Code Red from Cena.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Harrison stabs Prater with the needle and knocks the billionaire out.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When cosmic rays — including, in part, plain old protons from the Sun’s solar wind — strike the Moon, the recoil from those heavy elements knocks them into an excited state.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Think of the chatbots that enrage customers, copy that erases brand voice, email that offends prospects, or sales outreach that overwhelms without engaging.
    Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The artist wore a sculptured piece made of car parts on top of a corset dress with hole punches at the bottom, designed by SLVA.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • As Vientos walked to first base, both benches and bullpens cleared for a few minutes, but no punches were thrown.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.
    Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Slaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaps. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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