Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrist-slap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: wrist-s-lap
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reprimand mildly.

Transitive verb

noun

A mild reprimand, especially one that many observers might consider too lenient.

Countable

Example Sentences

"You know the mother will probably only wrist-slap her "little angel" with a tsk-tsk. No wonder the kid is a little terror."
"Some crimes clearly warrant more than a mere wrist-slap — physically dangerous people must be removed from circulation."

Usage

Inflected Forms

wrist-slaps (present, singular) wrist-slapping (participle, present) wrist-slapped (participle, past) wrist-slapped (past) wrist-slaps (plural)

Synonyms

kid-glove slap on the arm slap on the hand slap on the wrist slap someone's wrist

Questions

What does wrist-slap mean?: To reprimand mildly.

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