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slap on the arm

slap on the arm is the alternative form of slap on the wrist.

Meaning of slap on the wrist

Noun

slap on the wrist (plural slaps on the wrist or slaps on wrists)

  1. Synonym of wrist-slap.
    • He got a slap on the wrist, but I don't think he'll reform.
    Synonyms:
    wrist-slap
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

See all 4 meanings of slap on the wrist

Forms of slap on the arm

pluralslaps on the arm
pluralslaps on arms

Questions about slap on the arm

What is slap on the arm the alternative form of?
Slap on the arm is the alternative form of slap on the wrist.

Words near slap on the arm in the dictionary

  1. slap my ass and call me Judy
  2. slap my ass and call me Sally
  3. slap my ass and call me Susan
  4. slap of five
  5. slap on
  6. slap on the arm
  7. slap on the back
  8. slap on the hand
  9. slap on the wrist
  10. slap print
  11. slap prints

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slap on the arm (page history and authors); slap on the wrist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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