bitch-slap

[bich-slap]

verb (used with object)

Slang.

1. to slap or hit (a person) in order to assert one’s superiority, authority, etc.

2. to humiliate (someone) with ridicule, criticism, or other verbal abuse.

   He was bitch-slapped for his stupid idea.

bitch-slap

verb

1. slang,  (tr) to strike (someone) with one's open hand

Other Word Forms

• bitch slap noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bitch-slap¹

1990–95; bitch (in the sense “a submissive or subservient person”) + slap ¹ ( def. )