Thesaurus / slap
FEEDBACKHow to use slap in a sentence
After reading the news on her phone, Allen was afraid to speak, smarting from what felt as visceral as a slap to the face.
HOW THREE MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS SAVED HOMETOWN BASEBALLNICK FOURIEZOSFEBRUARY 3, 2021OZYThe change can be as simple as slapping a second mask over the one you already wear, or better yet, donning a fabric mask on top of a surgical mask.
TIME TO DOUBLE OR UPGRADE MASKS AS CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS EMERGE, EXPERTS SAYFENIT NIRAPPILJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe ProGrip for MagSafe attaches to your phone magnetically, so when you want to slap it on a MagSafe charger, you simply pop off the PopSocket completely.
ROLLING PHONES, SMART GLASSES, AND OTHER COOL NEW TECH FROM CES 2021STAN HORACZEKJANUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEOf course, those models have much more complex audio components inside and can cost thousands of dollars, so it’s probably best not to slap them on for a run around the neighborhood.
BOSE BUILT A NEW KIND OF WORKOUT EARBUD TO KEEP YOU SAFE WHILE YOU SWEATSTAN HORAZEKJANUARY 5, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCENow that users have been formally invited to slap Microsoft Flight Simulator onto their faces, I must strongly urge users not to do so—or at least heavily temper their expectations.
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR IN VR: A TURBULENT START FOR WIDE-OPEN SKIESSAM MACHKOVECHDECEMBER 23, 2020ARS TECHNICASo when a Progreso police officer stopped him on April 8 for violating state orders, Shawn assumed he’d get a slap on the wrist.
RESTRICTIONS ON THE SOUTH TEXAS BORDER WERE MEANT TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM COVID-19. THEN THE HANDCUFFS CAME OUT.BY VIANNA DAVILA AND REN LARSONDECEMBER 19, 2020PROPUBLICAThe early returns suggest that slapping them together may not be as smart as it first seemed.
CALL OF DUTY’S MERGED WORLD HAS EVERYTHING A PLAYER COULD WANT. EXCEPT LOGIC.MIKE HUMEDECEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POSTFacebook was slapped with a big antitrust lawsuit on Wednesday detailing the company’s aggressive behavior that squashed competition.
FACEBOOK’S ANTITRUST LAWSUIT: WHAT THE GIANT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPPDANIELLE ABRILDECEMBER 10, 2020FORTUNEIt allows you to slap your phone onto the charger like you would with an Apple Watch—you just have to get it close and then it snaps into place.
THE IPHONE 12 PRO IS A BIG UPGRADE EVEN WITHOUT THE 5G HYPESTAN HORACZEKOCTOBER 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE“It’s a slap in the face to women,” says Soraya Chemaly, activist, writer and director of Women’s Media Center.
THE GREATEST THREAT TO DEMOCRACY MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECTSHAAN MERCHANTOCTOBER 28, 2020OZYWORDS RELATED TO SLAP
- Bronx cheer
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bad press
- blast
- brickbats
- call down
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- critical remarks
- cut
- denunciation
- disparagement
- faultfinding
- flak
- hit
- knock
- nit-picking
- objection
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- put down
- quibble
- rap on knuckles
- reproof
- roast
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- static
- stricture
- swipe
- vitriol
- zapper
- Bronx cheers
- animadversions
- aspersions
- bad presses
- blasts
- brickbats
- call downs
- carpings
- cavilings
- cavils
- censures
- critical remarks
- cuts
- denunciations
- disparagements
- faultfinding
- flak
- hits
- knocks
- nit-picking
- objections
- opprobrium
- panning
- pans
- put downs
- quibbles
- rap on knuckles
- reproofs
- roasts
- slams
- slap on wrists
- slaps
- static
- strictures
- swipes
- vitriol
- zappers
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