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wrist-slap

wrist-slap verb: to reprimand mildly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To reprimand mildly.
    • You know the mother will probably only wrist-slap her "little angel" with a tsk-tsk. No wonder the kid is a little terror.

Noun

wrist-slap (plural wrist-slaps)

  1. (countable) A mild reprimand, especially one that many observers might consider too lenient.
    • Some crimes clearly warrant more than a mere wrist-slap — physically dangerous people must be removed from circulation.

wrist-slap meaning in Vietnamese

wrist-slap in Vietnamese

to reprimand mildly
giơ cao đánh khẽ

Synonyms of wrist-slap

Forms of wrist-slap

Verb
third-person singular presentwrist-slaps
present participlewrist-slapping
past participlewrist-slapped
pastwrist-slapped
Noun
pluralwrist-slaps

Questions about wrist-slap

What does wrist-slap mean?
Wrist-slap means to reprimand mildly.
What is wrist-slap in Vietnamese?
Wrist-slap in Vietnamese is giơ cao đánh khẽ. See Wrist-slap meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is wrist-slap?
Wrist-slap can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of wrist-slap?
The past tense of wrist-slap is wrist-slapped.

Words near wrist-slap in the dictionary

  1. wrist wrap
  2. wrist wraps
  3. wrist-drop
  4. wrist-fall
  5. wrist-falls
  6. wrist-slap
  7. wrist-slapped
  8. wrist-slapping
  9. wrist-slaps
  10. wrist-top
  11. wrist-tops

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