You know the mother will probably only wrist-slap her "little angel" with a tsk-tsk. No wonder the kid is a little terror.
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Wrist-slap
Synonyms for "wrist-slap" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
Translations
12 translations across 6 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 輕微的懲罰 /轻微的惩罚 noun (overly mild punishment)
Dutch
2 entries- tik op de vingers noun (overly mild punishment)
- op de vingers tikken verb (to reprimand mildly)
Finnish
4 entries- näpäytys noun (overly mild punishment)
- torut noun (overly mild punishment)
- näpäyttää verb (to reprimand mildly)
- torua verb (to reprimand mildly)
German
1 entries- but see zu milde Strafe noun (overly mild punishment)
Polish
2 entries- but see dostawać po łapach noun (overly mild punishment)
- dostać po łapach noun (overly mild punishment)
Russian
2 entries- получи́ть по рука́м noun (overly mild punishment)
- получи́ть по ша́пке noun (overly mild punishment)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Some crimes clearly warrant more than a mere wrist-slap — physically dangerous people must be removed from circulation.
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