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🐶 Playfully hitting 👏 A light slap
slappy

slappy

1 8.5
Full of quick light taps with the hand in a playful way
  • adjective
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  • What you are doing is sound treatment: making fewer reflective surfaces in the drum room so that sound doesn't have that slappy, raw sound inside.

Dundee or happy slappy bimbo from Toronto or a happy slappy guy who goes to the Little League games and Mesa, AZ,

Examples

  • You need some slappy guys who can move over runners, hit, and run.

    Blog text (33)

  • She spun and headed away in quick, slappy steps, her shoulders held high.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Nice hair, slappy.

    Tony n' Tina's Wedding (2004)

  • Red rum, slappy bum.

    Kidnap Me (2017)

  • The children laughed as they played their slappy game of tag, exchanging quick taps on the back.

  • At the party, everyone joined in for a slappy dance, playfully tapping each other on the shoulders.

  • The puppy was so excited that it gave me slappy hits with its paws while wagging its tail.

Synonyms

saucy
vsslappy
  • Informal
21 5.8

Being playful and a little rude in a way that teases people

is playful through light quick taps rather than cheeky words
snappy
vsslappy
15 3.7

Quick and energetic in movement or action

is about playful light physical contact rather than general quick energy

How Forceful

hard
∞ 1.0
firm
30 1.0
slappy
1 8.5
light
  • Specialized
14 4.5
gentle
235 1.0

Surface Forms

slappy positive

Morphology

slappy = slap (transparent) = slap + y

The word is a straightforward adjective formation from 'slap' with the productive suffix -y, meaning 'having the quality of' or 'full of' slaps.

Etymology

Slappy comes from the simple word slap and the ending -y, which gives the idea 'like' or 'full of'. So slappy describes someone or something playful that gives light, quick slaps or feels lively.