Slapdown

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.

    "Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown."

  2. 2
    The period after the initial impact of an object with a surface through the subsequent impact of the object on that surface, as an aircraft landing or a container falling.
  3. 3
    The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.

Example

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"Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown."

Etymology

From slap + down.

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