slap around
phrasal verb
slapped around; slapping around; slaps around
informal
: to hit or slap (someone) many times
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Watching Ben Stiller get slapped around by a little monkey tickles a primitive spot in the human brain.
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The water slapped around my ears, muting the revelry on the lawn.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Stories are allowed to have their main female characters fall in love and include the lesson that having a six-pack doesn’t give a man the right to slap around his significant other.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The water slapped around my ears, muting the revelry on the lawn.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Stories are allowed to have their main female characters fall in love and include the lesson that having a six-pack doesn’t give a man the right to slap around his significant other.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Slap around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20around. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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