Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SCLAP, v., n. Also sklap, sclaip, sclaup (S.D.D.). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. slap. See also Slap, v.¹ and S, letter, 3.

I. v. To dash, pitch with violence to one side or another (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 230); to walk in a flat-footed, shuffling manner (Bnff., Abd. 1969, scla(i)p). Deriv. sclapper-dad, one who has large flat feet (Abd. 1969). Cf. Sclab-Dab.

II. n. A heavy blow, a hard smack, esp. with something flat (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 230; Cai. 1904 E.D.D.; Bnff., Abd. 1969). Comb. sklap-dunt, id. (Gregor). See Dunt.