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klap

British  
/ klʌp /

verb

  1. (tr) to slap or spank (a person)

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noun

  1. a slap or smack

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Etymology

Origin of klap

from Afrikaans

Example Sentences

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Ah ah, me wau wau no klap tenas man.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

Taking both my hands and laying his brow upon them, he said, after a long interval of silence, "Mam cha klap ma thort!"—"Mam dear, come back, please!"

From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette

Klip, klap, plash the waves on the ship's wooden sides.

From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip