Slapper (Noun)
Meaning
A hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand; "someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was"; "my father was the designated spanker in our family".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The bully was known as the school's resident slapper, always hitting his classmates with his open palm.
- In some cultures, a slapper is a parental figure who disciplines children with a quick slap on the hand.
- The coach was a notorious slapper, often smacking his players on the helmet to get their attention.
- The angry customer was a slapper, striking the store clerk across the face with her open hand.
- In old Western movies, the hero often encounters a villainous slapper who gets into fistfights in the local saloon.