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
B1
plat
B2
futloos

flabberig

lamlendig

sokkerig

vlak
B1
gelijk
A1
slobberig

flaccidus

flauw
B2
effen
28k
nep
B2
meegaand
26k
Translations

flojo
platt
schlaff
flasque
mou
flach
plat
flácido
aplati
flácido
flau
träge
floscio
flaccido
desserré
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/slɑp/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
slap
Cognate with Latin
labō
Cognate with German
German
schlaff
In summary

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.

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