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Slapped vs Klapped - What's the difference?

slapped | klapped |

As verbs the difference between slapped and klapped

is that slapped is past tense of slap while klapped is past tense of klap.

slapped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (slap)

    • 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

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----

    klapped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (klap)

    • klap

    English

    Verb

    (klapp)
  • (South Africa, slang, transitive) To strike; to smack.
  • * 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
    • You did something wrong and he klapped you.
  • * 2010 , Tony Park, Silent Predator (page 51)
    • 'I told him that the time wouldn't be right if we were the only two people left in the world, and then I klapped him, good and hard across the face.'
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