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slap
Also known as smack, slapping, smacking, backhand
striking with an open hand
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Man being slapped Officer Dan Roman (played by John Wayne) slaps Captain John Sullivan (played by Robert Stack) in a scene from the 1954 film The High and the Mighty Slapping or smacking is striking a person with the open palm of the hand, in a movement known as a slap or smack. A backhand uses the back of the hand instead of the palm.
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