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Slash vs Slap - What's the difference?

slash | slap |

As nouns the difference between slash and slap

is that slash is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc while slap is a blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

As verbs the difference between slash and slap

is that slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc while slap is to give a slap.

As a conjunction slash

is .

As an adverb slap is

exactly, precisely.

slash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.
  • A swift striking movement.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
  • The symbol , also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing.
  • (British, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate
    • Excuse me, I need to take a slash
  • Slash fiction.
  • * 2013 , Katherine Arcement, "Diary", London Review of Books , vol. 35, no. 5:
    • Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).
  • (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia
  • (ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.
  • (US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes
    • (Bartlett)
  • (forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.
    • Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.
  • (fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.

    • Derived terms

    * backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashy

    See also

    (punctuation)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.
  • (ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms
  • to reduce sharply
    • Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.
    The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.
  • To lash with a whip.
    • (King)
  • To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).

    • Derived terms

    slash pile

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
    • I'm a teacher slash student.
    • I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me

    See also

    *

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions

    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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