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slap-down

slap-down is the alternative spelling of slapdown.

Meaning of slapdown

Noun

slapdown (plural slapdowns)

  1. An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.
    • Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown.2023 October 8, “German state elections: voters turn to the right in rebuke to Scholz’s coalition”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN
  2. The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent impact of the object on that surface, as an aircraft landing or a container falling.
  3. The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.

Forms of slap-down

pluralslap-downs

Questions about slap-down

What is slap-down the alternative spelling of?
Slap-down is the alternative spelling of slapdown.

Words near slap-down in the dictionary

  1. slap-back
  2. slap-backs
  3. slap-bang
  4. slap-bang shop
  5. slap-bang shops
  6. slap-down
  7. slap-downs
  8. slap-happy
  9. slap-headed
  10. slap-up
  11. slapable

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