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To be the target of a judge's pointed rebuke.
"Man, I thought I got it hard, but the judge benchslapped the guy after me for just saying 'dude'."

First seen on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog "Federal Judge Slams Pennsylvania Lawyers"
by steegness October 02, 2007
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A casual invitation / threat used by an individual that is not afraid of fucking someone up.
PAUL: I'm going to beat your ass.

JACK: Fuck around and find out, fool!
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In fantasy football, when you lose a match up because you benched a player who scored far more points than the one you played.
Damn, girl, you played Luck instead of Sanders this week? You got benchslapped.
by lyzurjane September 19, 2017
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this is when you have to go before a judge and he slaps a bench warrant on you.
wow, harold went to court today and he got bench slapped by the judge.
by lindy1943 April 06, 2010
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