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{
"term": "slap",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "slap",
"heSheIt": "slaps"
},
"pastSimple": "slapped",
"pastParticiple": "slapped",
"ingForm": "slapping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to hit somebody/something with the flat part of your hand",
"sensetop": "slap somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She slapped his face hard."
},
{
"text": "She slapped him hard across the face."
},
{
"text": "‘Congratulations!’ he said, slapping me on the back."
},
{
"text": "I felt like I had been slapped in the face."
},
{
"text": "She slapped his hand away."
},
{
"text": "She slapped the boy on the leg."
},
{
"text": "I'll slap you if you do that again."
}
],
"synonyms": "smack",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["hard", "gently", "lightly"],
"preposition": ["across", "on"],
"phrases": ["slap somebody in the face"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put something on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry",
"sensetop": "slap something + adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He slapped the newspaper down on the desk."
},
{
"text": "She slapped a $10 bill into my hand."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to hit against something with the noise of somebody being slapped",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The water slapped against the side of the boat."
},
{
"text": "I could hear bare feet slapping down the corridor."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæp/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slap__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæps/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slaps__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæpt/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slapped__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slapping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæp/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slap__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæps/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slaps__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæpt/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slapped__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæpɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slap/slapping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent."
}