slappy
nounEtymology From slap + -y.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Skateboarding, Sports A grind on a curb without doing an ollie.
slappy
adj/ˈslæpi/
Etymology From slap + -y.
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Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
- Where the laughing-gull scoots by the slappy shore and laughs her near-human laugh1855, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass:
- Katy thought about the damp yellow bodies which often landed, with a slappy sound in a burst of moisture and steam rose off them because they were parted from the warmth of their mothers.1963, Delphin Rose Adsett, A magpie sings:
2 more examples
- Thin picks flex too much and make your wrist work overtime, plus they tend to produce a slappy tone. Those heavy picks popular with today's bluegrass mandolinists are really too stiff for playing the rapid triplets in some Irish tunes.1998, Dan Gelo, Fiddle Tunes & Irish Music for Mandolin, page 11:
- Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back. "Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy, unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance.2009, Elisabeth Hyde, In the Heart of the Canyon, page 55: