slap-happy
Britishadjective
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cheerfully irresponsible or careless
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dazed or giddy from or as if from repeated blows; punch-drunk
Example Sentences
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Although the body is physically exhausted, the brain feels slap-happy, loopy and almost giddy.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023
Either because he was slap-happy or because he likes pulling pins from grenades, Cogshell also threw an unexpected name in from the yet-to-be-screened “Emancipation”: Will Smith.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Granted, if you enjoy Isaac's aptitude for physical comedy, consider yourself amply served by the heart of that episode, specifically slap-happy mountain road car chase involving pastries and lots of frightened yelling.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2022
But, oh boy, did old JK get slap-happy as the series went on.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2017
The vainest, most slap-happy and irreverent of men, in the presence of redwoods, goes under a spell of wonder and respect.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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