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slap 1, verb (oh) and computer chip (sh)


slap 1, verb (oh)



present participle slapping
[T] to hit someone with the flat part of your hand
-see also punch punch
::Sarah slapped Aaron across the face.
[T always + adverb/preposition] to put something down on a surface with force, especially when you are angry
::Giles slapped his cards down on the table.
slap sb on the back
to hit someone on the back in a friendly way, often as a way of praising them
[I always + adverb/preposition] to hit a surface with a lot of force, making a loud sharp sound
slap against
::Small waves slapped against the side of the boat.
slap down [slap sb down] phr v
to rudely tell someone that their suggestions, questions, ideas etc are stupid
slap on [slap sth ¡û¡ú on] phr v
to put or spread something quickly or carelessly onto a surface
::She ran upstairs and slapped on some make-up.
slap sth on sth
::We could slap some paint on it.
to suddenly announce a new charge, tax etc or say that something is not allowed - used especially when you think this is unfair
::Many tour operators slap on supplements for single people.
slap sth on sth
::In 1977, the president slapped a ban on the commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel.

computer chip (sh)




or chip

Integrated circuit or small wafer of semiconductor material embedded with integrated circuitry.

Chips comprise the processing and memory units of the modern digital computer (see microprocessor; RAM). Chip making is extremely precise and is usually done in a "clean room," since even microscopic contamination could render the chip defective. As transistor components have shrunk, the number per chip has doubled about every 18 months (a phenomenon known as Moore's law), from a few thousand in 1971 (Intel Corp.'s first chip) to millions by 1989. Nanotechnology is expected to make transistors even smaller and chips correspondingly more powerful in the 21st century.