slappy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈslæpi/
Etymology
From slap + -y.
Meanings
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Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
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:Where the laughing-gull scoots by the slappy shore and laughs her near-human laugh
1855, 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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slappier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| slappiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |