slap-happy
Example Sentences
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Meet the next Asian film fighting style that will clobber Hollywood slap-happy just as Hong Kong wire-fu spawned “The Matrix” and Indonesia’s “The Raid” begot “John Wick.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Although the body is physically exhausted, the brain feels slap-happy, loopy and almost giddy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
Granted, if you enjoy Isaac's aptitude for physical comedy, consider yourself amply served by the heart of that episode, specifically slap-happy mountain road car chase involving pastries and lots of frightened yelling.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2022
In the slap-happy parody “So Long Boulder City,” he imagines Mia’s lost masterpiece.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2017
The vainest, most slap-happy and irreverent of men, in the presence of redwoods, goes under a spell of wonder and respect.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
