2. Noun. A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands. See w:Slaps ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of slap) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slaps
1. slap [v] - See also: slap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slaps
Literary usage of Slaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"139). was sent round the harbour with twelve hundred men to occupy the Lighthouse
point, and there he made batteries which tired on the slaps in the harbour ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Till, slap ! come in an unco loun, At slaps the billies halt a blink, And wi' a rung
... Love blinks, Wit slaps, .... The Twa Dogs. /c. S laugh t'ring. ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"... I worked off a little joke ; Why, he fairly keeled with laughin', an' he slaps
me on the back, An' before an hour was over we was callin' Seth an' Jack. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... was made a British port on the arrival of Napoleón Bonaparte at St Helena,
and since retained as a station, at which slaps maj touch for stores. ..."
5. Life of David S. Terry: Presenting an Authentic, Impartial and Vivid History by Alexander E. Wagstaff (1892)
"... TO BE KEPT IN IGNORANCE— FIELD AND TERRY MEET AT LATHROP—TERRY slaps HIM IN
THE FACE—FIELD'S BODYGUARD KILLS TERRY—HE Is ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO STOCKTON. ..."
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