slap-back

adjective

when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

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Meanings

adjectiveslap-back (comparative more slap-back, superlative most slap-back)

comparative more slap-back · superlative most slap-back

  1. entertainmentwhen bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.
nounslap-back (plural slap-backs)

plural slap-backs

  1. aerial freestylea faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.
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APA

slap-back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slap-back

MLA

“slap-back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slap-back. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slap-back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slap-back.

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