2. Noun. The act of giving a slap or slaps. ¹
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Definition of Slapping
1. slap [v] - See also: slap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slapping
Literary usage of Slapping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The hurrying tumbling waves, quick-broken crests, slapping, The horizon's
edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud, ..."
2. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"Perhaps you'll be the next one to take up the old quarrel. Ain't you Beaumont
enough ? " about, his partially disabled foot slapping the floor more ..."
3. Mistakes in Teaching by James Laughlin Hughes (1898)
"It is a mistake to punish by pulling a child's ears, slapping his cheeks, etc.,
... slapping ..."
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