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bitch-slap

bitch-slap
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bich slap]
    • /bɪtʃ slæp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bich slap]
    • /bɪtʃ slæp/

Definitions of bitch-slap word

  • verb bitch-slap to strike (someone) with one's open hand 3
  • verb with object bitch-slap to slap or hit (a person) in order to assert one’s superiority, authority, etc. 1
  • verb with object bitch-slap to humiliate (someone) with ridicule, criticism, or other verbal abuse: He was bitch-slapped for his stupid idea. 1
  • noun bitch-slap Alternative spelling of bitch slap. 0
  • verb bitch-slap (Slang) (vulgar) VT To slap someone powerfully in the face, meant to assert dominance or control over the receiver; to deliver a bitch slap to. 0

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Origin of bitch-slap

First appearance:

before 1990
One of the 1% newest English words
1990-95; bitch (in the sense “a submissive or subservient person”) + slap1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bitch-slap

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bitch-slap popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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