Slab vs. Slap

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

A paving stone; a flagstone.

(Australia) A carton containing 24 cans of beer.

An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

A bird, the wryneck.

(nautical) The slack part of a sail.

(slang) A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.

(surfing) A very large wave.

(computing) A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers.

(geology) Part of a tectonic plate that is being subducted.

(archaic) Mud, sludge.

A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories.

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(transitive) To make something into a slab.

(archaic) Thick; viscous.

A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.

An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

The wryneck.

The slack part of a sail.

That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.

Thick; viscous.

Example: ‘Make the gruel thick and slab.’;

block consisting of a thick piece of something

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

(countable) The sound of such a blow.

Makeup; cosmetics.

(transitive) To give a slap to.

Example: ‘She slapped him in response to the insult.’;

(transitive) To cause something to strike soundly.

Example: ‘He slapped the reins against the horse's back.’;

(intransitive) To strike soundly against something.

Example: ‘The rain slapped against the window-panes.’;

To be excellent.

Example: ‘Their new single slaps.’;

(transitive) To place, to put carelessly.

Example: ‘We'd better slap some fresh paint on that wall.’;

To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).

Example: ‘I was slapped with a parking fine.’;

Exactly, precisely

Example: ‘He tossed the file down slap in the middle of the table.’;

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.

a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand;

Example: ‘The impatient teacher slapped the student’; ‘a gunshot slapped him on the forehead’;

directly;

Example: ‘he ran bang into the pole’; ‘ran slap into her’;