"towel snap" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-towel snap.ogg [Australia] Forms: towel snaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} towel snap (plural towel snaps)
  1. (slang) A school prank in the act of the person twisting a damp towel making it look whip-like. The person whips the victim with the end of the towel making a snapping noise and with contact of the victim in pain Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-towel_snap-en-noun-vn5HC~C4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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