slap
Example Sentences
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Jonah put the cap back on the marker, peeled the backing off the name tag, and slapped it on his chest.
From Literature
Late last year, Rome had to frantically lobby the White House not to slap 107% tariffs on Italian pasta—a national symbol—a move that would have humiliated Meloni after her efforts at friendship.
I’m not going to just slap my name on something to make money.
One European official described Rubio’s Munich address as “a slap, but while wearing a silk glove.”
He slowly walked down the line by each kid, doing his best to slap every hand or to at least make eye contact with them.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
