Slap or slapping may refer to: *

Slapping (strike) Slapping or smacking refers to striking a person with the open palm (hand), palm of the hand. A backhand uses the back of the hand instead of the palm. Etymology and definitions The word was first recorded in 1632, probably as a form of onomat ...

, a method of striking with the palm of the hand *

Slapping (music) Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. It is primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar. Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of one's knuckle, where it is particularly bony, to ...

, a musical technique used with stringed instruments * Slap tonguing, a musical technique used on wind instruments * ''Slap'' (magazine), American skateboard magazine 1992–2008 * Slap (professional wrestling), an attack in professional wrestling * Slap, Tržič, a municipality in Slovenia * '' Slap!'', a 1990 album by English band Chumbawamba * "Slap" (song), a 2006 song by American musician Ludacris *

Saboted light armor penetrator The saboted light armor penetrator (SLAP) family of firearm ammunition is designed to penetrate armor more efficiently than standard armor-piercing ammunition. In the US it was developed by the Marine Corps during the mid/late 1980s and was appr ...

, a family of ammunition designed to penetrate armor more efficiently than standard armor-piercing ammunition *

SLAP tear Slap or slapping may refer to: * Slapping (strike), a method of striking with the palm of the hand * Slapping (music), a musical technique used with stringed instruments * Slap tonguing, a musical technique used on wind instruments * ''Slap'' ...

, a tear of the superior glenoid labrum from anterior to posterior * Secret large-scale atmospheric program, a set of conspiracy theories * Slap tagging or sticker art * Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation, a reference material for stable isotope analysis

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