Slapping (strike)

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.^[1]^[2] A backhand uses the back of the hand instead of the palm.

^ Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2004. p. 1170. ISBN 9780877798095.
^ "slap". OxfordDictionaries.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object

[1] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Merriam-Webster. 2004. p. 1170. ISBN 9780877798095.

[2] "slap". OxfordDictionaries.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Hit or strike with the palm of the hand or a flat object

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Slapping (strike)

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