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slapdowns

slapdowns is the plural 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.

Questions about slapdowns

What is slapdowns the plural of?
Slapdowns is the plural of slapdown.

Words near slapdowns in the dictionary

  1. slapdashery
  2. slapdashes
  3. slapdashing
  4. slapdashness
  5. slapdown
  6. slapdowns
  7. slape
  8. Slapes
  9. Slapewath
  10. slapfight
  11. slapfighting

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