slapdown

See also: slap down and slap-down

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

slap +‎ down

Noun

slapdown (plural slapdowns)

  1. An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.
    • 2023 October 8, “German state elections: voters turn to the right in rebuke to Scholz’s coalition”, in The Guardian‎, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:
      Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown.
  2. (engineering) 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. (geology, physics, seismology) The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.
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