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slapped on the wrist

slapped on the wrist is the simple past and past participle of slap on the wrist.

Meaning of slap on the wrist

Verb

slap on the wrist (third-person singular simple present slaps on the wrist, present participle slapping on the wrist, simple past and past participle slapped on the wrist)

  1. Synonym of wrist-slap.
    • Gorbachev played a skillful diplomatic game in Asia. While enhancing Soviet relations with South Korea—moving from no ties to full diplomatic relations in only three years— he continued to back North Korea, though slapping its leader on the wrist for its nuclear program. While Soviet trade with...1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189
    Synonyms:
    wrist-slap
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.

See all 4 meanings of slap on the wrist

Questions about slapped on the wrist

What is slapped on the wrist the simple past and past participle of?
Slapped on the wrist is the simple past and past participle of slap on the wrist.

Words near slapped on the wrist in the dictionary

  1. slapped
  2. slapped bellies
  3. slapped cheek syndrome
  4. slapped down
  5. slapped leather
  6. slapped on the wrist
  7. slapped someone around
  8. slapped someone's wrist
  9. slapped together
  10. slappee
  11. slappees

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