Usually means: Friendly slap on the back.
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  1. backslap: Merriam-Webster
  2. backslap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backslap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backslap: Collins English Dictionary
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  11. backslap: FreeDictionary.org
  12. backslap: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  14. backslap: Merriam-Webster

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  1. backslap: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backslap)

▸ verb:  To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.

Similar:
clap, smack, swack, beclap, cockslap, spat, high five, applaud, dickslap, pimp slap, more...

Opposite:
criticize, condemn, rebuke, disapprove, denounce



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Similar:
clap, smack, swack, beclap, cockslap, spat, high five, applaud, dickslap, pimp slap, more...

Opposite:
criticize, condemn, rebuke, disapprove, denounce



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