Object

• bang: It's taken a while but finally someone has brought it slap bang into the 21st Century.

• sticker: Small wonder that EMI slapped a sticker on the front to flag up to the unwary that this was the Floyd's latest.

• sanction: Within weeks, the EU slapped diplomatic sanctions on the Austrian government because of the party's isolationist and anti-Europe policies.

• bass: For bass, you can choose from a variety of bass sounds, such as slapped basses, picked basses, and fretless basses.

• ban: The rest of the world promptly slapped a ban on British beef.

Preposition: on

• wrist: Instead they received only a slap on the wrist, enabling their economy to perform much better than Serbia's.

• cheek: She gives her a stinging slap on the cheek, saying sharply " Tarot!

• hat: Slip on a t-shirt, slap on a hat and slop on the sun lotion.

Converse of object

• deserve: We spent an exhilarating few minutes there and he deserves a good slap for not mentioning this highlight.

• administer: Time to go home, " Jack said, administering brisk slaps to his cheeks.

Adjective modifier

• hearty: Probably the lowest moment came at breakfast the following day when my mate Matt gave my blistered back a hearty slap.

Modifies a noun

• bang: A little piece of history slap bang in the middle of the city center.

• bass: With Vintage guitars and the upright slap bass, King Memphis delivers a hip shakin ' beat that keeps fans dancing all night long.

• stroke: The two rhythmic markers in the tumbao moderno are the double open tones, and the slap stroke.

• stick: Lee Evans has the traditional slap stick approach which is amazingly funny.

Noun used with modifier

• bitch: So here they are then: the endorsements and bitch slaps that will define television for the coming months and beyond.

Preposition: in

• face: Still, better than a slap in the face with a wet fish.

• middle: The airport was slap in the middle of a pine forest.

Preposition: up

• meal: She'll pay for a slap up swanky meal for your first date.