slap

Meaning

1. slack
2. weak

Concepts

weak

flaccid

flabby

slack

soft

limp

languid

languorous

flat

floppy

mushy

nerveless

pulpy

remiss

sissy

slow

small

smooth

toneless

washy

watery

wishy-washy

flaggy

dickey

lennow

dopey

dopy

enervate

even

flabbily

hokey

lax

level

loose

Synonyms

zwak

plat

futloos

flabberig

lamlendig

sokkerig

vlak

gelijk

slobberig

flaccidus

flauw

effen

nep

meegaand

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slɑp/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slap, from Proto-Germanic *slap-, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂b- (“to be weak, limp, languid”), see also Latin labō (“fluctuate, waver”). Cognate with German schlaff and schlapp.