| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand: box2, buffet, bust, chop1, cuff, punch, smack1, smacker, spank, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE. | | VERB: | 1. To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slash. Informal : roast. Slang : slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See PRAISE. 2. To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand: box2, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, smack1, spank, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | slap around To be rough or brutal with: knock about or (around), manhandle, rough (up). Slang : mess up. See ATTACK, STRIKE.
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