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slap on the hand

slap on the hand 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 hand

pluralslaps on the hand
pluralslaps on hands

Questions about slap on the hand

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

Words near slap on the hand in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slap on the hand (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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