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Bop vs Slap - What's the difference?

bop | slap |

As verbs the difference between bop and slap

is that bop is press while slap is to give a slap.

As a noun slap is

a blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

As an adverb slap is

exactly, precisely.

bop

English

Etymology 1

imitative of the sound made

Noun

(en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) A very light smack, blow or punch.

    • Verb

  • To gently or playfully strike someone or something.

    • Etymology 2

    shortened from bebop

    Noun

  • A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.
  • A party.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Rich, Push Guide to Which University (page 472)
    • Theatres; Music House used for bands; May Ball; very popular weekly bops in JCR and MCR; library (57,000 books); 40 networked PCs, 24-hrs.
  • * 2012 , Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (page 120)
    • At universities like Oxford, middle-class students hold 'chav bops' where they dress up as this working-class caricature.

    Verb

  • To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.

    • Anagrams

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    slap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • 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

    * cuff

    Derived terms

    * bitch-slap * slap in the face * pimp-slap

    Verb

    (slapp)
  • To give a slap.
    • She slapped him in response to the insult.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • Mrs. Flanders rose, slapped her coat this side and that to get the sand off, and picked up her black parasol.
  • To cause something to strike soundly.
    • He slapped the reins against the horse's back.
  • To place, to put carelessly.
    • We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.

    Derived terms

    * slapper * slap-up

    Hyponyms

    * cuff

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Exactly, precisely
    • He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.

    Synonyms

    * just * right * slap bang * smack dab

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