läpäyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• slap noun A quick blow with the open hand.
• spat noun A brief, minor argument or quarrel.

Senses

läpäyttää is used for these senses in English:

• slap (transitive) To give a slap to.
• spat (transitive, and, intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.

slap — full definition

1. noun A quick blow with the open hand.
2. verb To hit someone or something with an open hand.
3. verb To put something down carelessly or quickly.
4. verb To impose a penalty or charge on someone.

spat — full definition

1. noun A brief, minor argument or quarrel.
2. noun The eggs or newly settled young of shellfish such as oysters.
3. noun A short cloth or leather covering worn over the top of a shoe.
4. verb To argue briefly and pettily.

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