Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very big; great.
- noun Specifically, in ceramics, the process of preparing clay for the wheel. See
wedging , 2.
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- verb Present participle of
slap . - noun The act of giving a
slap or slaps. - adjective slang Very
large ;whopping .
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Examples
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I call it slapping the stupid out of a pathetic ignorant troll.
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Lit critics are as good as New York fashion folk in slapping new names to old concepts.
norbert blei | addendum « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Lit critics are as good as New York fashion folk in slapping new names to old concepts.
September « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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A marginal few (mostly religious fundamentalists as those at Calvin) think that child bottom-slapping is good.
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I read the link you provided and indeed happy slapping is mentioned as something they are trying to stop over there.
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In the meantime, I have just received PopBitch's weekly email in which they say that happy slapping is a thing of the past and the new craze among schoolkids is Seagulling.
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"Happy slapping" is a bizarre phenomenon in the UK where teenagers suddenly slap strangers on the tube (and other kids at school) in the face and capture the action on video using cameraphones.
Boing Boing: January 16, 2005 - January 22, 2005 Archives 2005
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Duke then ran the shot clock down and allowed Gray to mockingly lead his teammates in slapping the floor, a trademark of Coach K's defense.
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Guys like Hume are more interested in slapping liberals – not necessarily blacks.
Think Progress » Hume to Juan Williams: “Someone Needs To Hose You Down†2005
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Tom, "cried Captain Bunting, slapping his companion on the shoulder --" well and bravely spoken; but you're a goose for all that, and so, saving his presence, is Commodore Ned Sinton.
chained_bear commented on the word slapping
"'What is that frightful noise, that great resounding crash?'
"'We call it slapping. Some of our northern ships do it when they stem these short hollow seas. It makes the Mediterranean builders laugh.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Ionian Mission, 249
February 14, 2008