Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“slapping” is a form of

slap

/slæp/ noun, verb, adverb, adjective

Forms slaps slapping slapped

  1. noun (countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat. “He gave me a friendly slap on the back as a sign of camaraderie.”
  2. noun (countable) A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow. “the slap of my feet on the bathroom tiles”
  3. noun (countable, music) The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.
  4. noun (slang, uncountable) Makeup; cosmetics.
  5. noun (slang, countable) An eye-catching sticker used in street art.
  6. verb (transitive) To strike someone, typically with an open hand, often on the face. “She slapped him in response to the insult.”
  7. verb (transitive) To cause something to strike soundly. “He slapped the reins against the horse's back.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To strike soundly against something. “The rain slapped against the window-panes.”
  9. verb (intransitive, stative, African-American Vernacular, slang) To be excellent, especially when relating to music. “The band's new single slaps.”
  10. verb (transitive) To place, to put carelessly. “We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.”
  11. verb (transitive, informal, figurative) To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone). “I was slapped with a parking fine.”
  12. verb (transitive, informal) To play slap bass on (an instrument).
  13. adverb Exactly, precisely “He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.”
  14. adjective (slang, UK) Very good, excellent, amazing. “These cookies are slap.”

Synonyms

bang eat rule rock devour eat and leave no crumbs excel go hard kick kick ass shine slay just right slap bang smack dab smack smacking slapdash bolt

Etymology

From Middle English slappen, of uncertain origin, possibly imitative. Compare Low German Slappe (“slap”), whence also German Schlappe (“defeat”). Compare also Italian sleppa (“slap”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.
  2. verb To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.
  3. adverb With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly. [Colloq.] "The railroad cars drive slap into the city." Thackeray.

Etymology [OE. slappe; akin to LG. slappe, G. schlappe; probably of imitative origin.]

Etymology [Cf. LG. slap, G. schlapp. See Slap, n.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “slap”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “slap” (best matches first).