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wrist-slapped

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

Meaning of wrist-slap

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.

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Questions about wrist-slapped

What is wrist-slapped the simple past and past participle of?
Wrist-slapped is the simple past and past participle of wrist-slap.

Words near wrist-slapped in the dictionary

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

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