Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slappy

/ˈslæpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: slap-py
IPA: /ˈslæpi/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling a slap, especially of sound.

noun

A grind on a curb without doing an ollie.

name

Example Sentences

"Where the laughing-gull scoots by the slappy shore and laughs her near-human laugh"
"Katy thought about the damp yellow bodies which often landed, with a slappy sound in a burst of moisture and steam rose off them because they were parted from the warmth of their mothers."
"Thin picks flex too much and make your wrist work overtime, plus they tend to produce a slappy tone. Those heavy picks popular with today's bluegrass mandolinists are really too stiff for playing the rapid triplets in some Irish tunes."
"Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back. "Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy, unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance."

Etymology

From slap + -y.

Inflected Forms

slappier (comparative) slappiest (superlative) slappies (plural) Slappys (plural)

Rhymes With

happy rock happy unhappy crappy scrappy snappy nappy flappy sappy pappy strappy chappy

Questions

How do you pronounce slappy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈslæpi/.
What does slappy mean?: Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
Where does slappy come from?: From slap + -y.

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