Alternative spelling of slap down

To browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people.

A harsh reprimand; a scolding, especially in public.

simple past tense and past participle of slap down

present participle of slap down

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slap down

plural of put-down

(phonetics) The IPA diacritic of primary articulation: < ˕ >, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the manner of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal → plosive → fricative → approximant → trill → tap, flap → lateral fricative → lateral approximant → lateral flap.

(intransitive, "get"-passive) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress. / (transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

Alternative spelling of teardown