Duel invitation, perhaps

The answer

SLAP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAP answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLAP

Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAP, most used first.

• High-five sound - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Open-handed hit - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Smack - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Rebuff - used 64 times, most recently in 2015
• High-five, e.g. - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Insult - used 31 times, most recently in 2012
• __ in the face; insult - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Swat - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Cuff - used 22 times, most recently in 2009
• Sharp rebuke - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Hockey shot - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
• Open-handed blow - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Sharp blow - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Sound of a high-five - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• High-five, essentially - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Hit with an open hand - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Open-handed smack - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Smack in the face - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Strike with an open hand - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Openhanded hit - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Prelude to a duel - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Duel prelude - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Sign of freshness - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ on the wrist - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Response to an insult - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Affront - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Duel prompter - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Rebuke - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Abruptly: Colloq. - used 9 times, most recently in 1965
• Assault from Moe - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Stinging blow - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Strike with an open palm - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fresh!" follow-up - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Fresh reaction - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Masher's comeuppance - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Midwife's action - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Sharp rebuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Blow - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Give a high-five to - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Hockey shot sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Sharp insult - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Stinging response to an insult - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Token punishment - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Blow for a bounder - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• High-five - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Hit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Hit with an open palm - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Painful rebuke - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rebuff a masher - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Duel tool - EPEE, used 177 times
• Invitation letters - RSVP, used 138 times
• Invitation request - RSVP, used 29 times
• Invitation initials - RSVP, used 26 times
• Invitation notation - RSVP, used 21 times
• Penny, perhaps - ANTE, used 21 times

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