Alap vs Slap - What's the difference?
alap | slap |
The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
*:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
The sound of such a blow.
(slang, uncountable) Makeup, cosmetics.
To give a slap.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
To cause something to strike soundly.
To place, to put carelessly.
Exactly, precisely
As nouns the difference between alap and slap
is that alap is the opening, improvised section of a classical raga performance, before the formal recitation while slap is a blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.As a verb slap is
to give a slap.As an adverb slap is
exactly, precisely.alap
English
(wikipedia alap)Alternative forms
*alaap *alapaNoun
(en noun)slap
English
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Especially used of blows to the face (aggressive), buttocks, and hand, frequently as a sign of reproach. Conversely, used of friendly strikes to the back, as a sign of camaraderie.Hyponyms
* cuffDerived terms
* bitch-slap * slap in the face * pimp-slapVerb
(slapp)- She slapped him in response to the insult.
- Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
- He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
- We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.
Derived terms
* slapper * slap-upHyponyms
* cuffAdverb
(-)- He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.