How do you use Slapdown in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Slapdown in a sentence
Slapdown meaning
- An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection.
- 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.
- The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.
Using Slapdown
- The main meaning on this page is: An instance of slapping down, especially a humiliation or rejection. | 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. | The impact of a layer of earth falling after having been lifted by an explosion or an earthquake or similar large-scale disturbance.
Context around Slapdown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slapdown
- In this selection, "slapdown" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, comprehensive and raybould stand out and add context to how "slapdown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a comprehensive slapdown and wilson raybould slapdown in question. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slapdown" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slapdown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown. (22 words)
The great Jody Wilson-Raybould slapdown in Question Period never materialized as the Conservatives switched gears and began asking the Trudeau government about Gerald Butts’ use of the term Nazis to describe the government’s critics. (36 words)
The great Jody Wilson-Raybould slapdown in Question Period never materialized as the Conservatives switched gears and began asking the Trudeau government about Gerald Butts’ use of the term Nazis to describe the government’s critics. (36 words)
Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
Jens Spahn, a senior legislator for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), said rarely had a government been given such a comprehensive slapdown.
The great Jody Wilson-Raybould slapdown in Question Period never materialized as the Conservatives switched gears and began asking the Trudeau government about Gerald Butts’ use of the term Nazis to describe the government’s critics.