bitch-slap

See also: bitchslap, and bitch slap

English

Alternative forms

• bitch slap

Pronunciation

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Noun

bitch-slap (plural bitch-slaps)

1. Alternative spelling of bitch slap

Verb

bitch-slap (third-person singular simple present bitch-slaps, present participle bitch-slapping, simple past and past participle bitch-slapped)

1. (slang, vulgar, transitive) To slap someone powerfully in the face, meant to assert dominance or control over the receiver; to deliver a bitch slap to.
   • 1993, John Shirley, "I Want to Get Married, Says the World’s Smallest Man", in New Noir, FC2, →ISBN, page 36,

     But he’d got the door open, yelling, “SHUT UP WOMAN I BITCH-SLAP YOU!” as he slammed it behind him with that soap opera timing.

   • 2001, Lisa Scottoline, Moment of Truth, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 171,

     “Nah. I’m just gonna bitch-slap my partner here. You wanna watch?”

   • 2007, John J. Nance, Orbit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 104,

     “And they’re suddenly going to go across town and politically bitch-slap their boy? I don’t frigging think so.”

   • For additional quotations, see bitch slap.