to skelp

Examples

• All

• You can't just skelp me and leave me.

  High Spirits (1988)

• She was so angry that she wanted to skelp him for being rude.

• He'll skelp you harder than I can.

  Fiction book (1994)

• This is skelping.

  High Spirits (1988)

• - What's skelping?

  High Spirits (1988)

• If he keeps talking back, I might just have to skelp him on the head.

• After the prank, his friend decided to skelp him lightly on the cheek.

Synonyms

S

to slap

vsto skelp

492 1.0

Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

is done specifically with the open hand rather than objects

W

to whop

vsto skelp

• Informal

43 7.9

To hit someone or something very hard

is usually an open-hand hit rather than an extremely hard blow

S

to swack

vsto skelp

• Archaic

1 9.9

To hit someone or something hard

focuses on open-hand hits rather than blunt heavy strikes

W

to whomp

vsto skelp

• Informal

1 8.6

To hit forcefully with the hand or a flat object

is usually a less forceful open-hand hit than very strong strikes

G

to give a whap

vsto skelp

• Informal

8.8

To hit something quickly with a short, sharp blow

is typically done with the open hand not any object

C

to chappal

vsto skelp

• NSFW

9.9

To hit someone with a sandal to punish them, often in South Asia

is an open-hand action, not using a shoe or sandal

Antonyms

E

to embrace

142 2.8

To hold someone tightly to show affection

C

caress

14 3.8

A gentle touch that shows affection

How Hard

wallop

• Informal

11 7.0

to smack

164 3.5

to skelp

• UK

1 9.9

to slap

492 1.0

to tap

174 1.0

to pat

110 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology