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The French word

la gifle

means
slap, smack (f)
Examples:
Pour l'Italie, c'est une gifle.
It was a slap in the face for Italy.
Cette gamine veut une bonne gifle.
That girl wants a good slap.
Layla a flanqué une belle gifle au visage de Sami.
Layla gave Sami a good slap on the face.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org