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Plural of slap

regular plural

The plural of slap is slaps.

Forms of slap

Singularslap /slæp/
Pluralslaps
Countablecountable and uncountable

Slaps in a sentence

  • Havens goes into the terrific Freedom for an encore, which will turn out to be a highlight of the movie; its chopped guitar and conga slaps pre-empt late 90s R&B.2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian
  • The band's new single slaps.
  • But, just at that moment, Barney slaps me hard across the face with his tomato-saucey little hand.2017, Tristan Bancks, Gus Gordon, My Life and Other Weaponised Muffins (Tom Weekly; 5), Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, published…. From the entry tomato-saucey
  • She closes the magazine and slaps her hand on the cover.2017, Amy Silverstein, chapter 3, in My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper Wave, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry all rightie
  • "Lang may yer lum reek." Angus laughs, slaps Grinning Hottie on the back, and repeats the salutation.2015, Leah Marie Brown, Finding It (An It Girl Novel), New York, N.Y.: Lyrical Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN. From the entry lang may yer lum reek

Meaning of slap

  1. noun A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
  2. noun A sharp percussive sound like that produced by such a blow.
  3. noun The percussive sound produced in slap bass playing.

Full definition of slap

Questions about the plural of slap

What is the plural of slap?
The plural of slap is slaps.
Is slap countable?
Slap is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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