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wrist-slapping

wrist-slapping is the present participle and gerund 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-slapping

What is wrist-slapping the present participle and gerund of?
Wrist-slapping is the present participle and gerund of wrist-slap.

Words near wrist-slapping in the dictionary

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

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