to strike; to hit; to beat; to knock; to pound; to bang; to slap; to spank; to tap; to pat; to clap (one's hands); to play (the drums)

to attack; to bash; to criticize; to censure; to flame (on the Internet)

to sound out (someone's views)

to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

to beat down the price

As ...口を叩く

to talk (big, bad, idly, etc.)

Computing

to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

Common noun; Food, cooking

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; beating; person who strikes something

Noun, used as a suffix

bashing; criticizing; attacking

Slang; Common noun

robbery; extortion

Abbreviation; Common noun; Business

springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

Historical term; Common noun

whipping (Edo-period punishment); lashing; flogging

polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement

chopping block

Business

springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes

polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction