{
    "term": "slap",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "slap",
            "heSheIt": "slaps"
        },
        "pastSimple": "slapped",
        "pastParticiple": "slapped",
        "ingForm": "slapping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to hit somebody/something with the flat part of your hand",
            "sensetop": "slap somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She slapped his face hard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slapped him hard across the face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Congratulations!’ he said, slapping me on the back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt like I had been slapped in the face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slapped his hand away."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slapped the boy on the leg."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll slap you if you do that again."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "smack",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["hard", "gently", "lightly"],
                "preposition": ["across", "on"],
                "phrases": ["slap somebody in the face"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to put something on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry",
            "sensetop": "slap something + adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He slapped the newspaper down on the desk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She slapped a $10 bill into my hand."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to hit against something with the noise of somebody being slapped",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The water slapped against the side of the boat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could hear bare feet slapping down the corridor."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæp/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slap__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæps/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slaps__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæpt/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slapped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈslæpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slapping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæp/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slap__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæps/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slaps__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/slæpt/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slapped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈslæpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sl/slap/slapping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a verb): probably imitative. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent."
}