oorvijg

Meaning

a box, cuff on the ear, a painful smack on the side of the face with a flat hand

Concepts

clout

slap

slap in the face

spanking

cuff on the ear

Synonyms

klap

muilpeer

mep

slag

Translations

Ohrfeige

bofetada

torta

ceffone

cachetada

gifle

Schelle

soufflet

bufetada

Maulschelle

Kopfnuss

taloche

cuña

Backenstreich

Schlag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈoːr.vɛi̯x/

Etymology

From oor (“ear”) + vijg (“fig”); it is unclear whether oorvaag etc. developed independently, from oor + the root of vegen/vagen 'to wipe', or are popular etymology from the older oorvijg, which has Germanic cognates, including German Ohrfeige, and similar vegetal-manual semantics such as vuistlook (“fist garlic”).