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Clap Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Clap?
[n] a sudden very loud noise
[n] a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated [n] a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [v] clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music" [v] clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [v] strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise, as of two flat, hard surfaces [v] strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting [v] put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail" [v] strike the air in flight; of the wings of certain birds [v] cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Clap: acclaim | applaud | bang | blast | blowup | clack | eruption | gonorrhea | gonorrhoea | loud noise | spat | spat Related Terms | Find terms related to Clap: acclaim | acclamation | acquired syphilis | applaud | applause | apply | balanitis gangrenosa | bang | bar | barricade | bash | bat | batten | batten down | bedlam | Bedlam let loose | belt | biff | big hand | blast | bobbery | bolt | bonk | boom | brawl | brouhaha | bump | burst | burst of applause | bust | button | button up | cast | cerebral tabes | chancre | chancroid | charivari | cheer | cheer on | chirm | choke | choke off | chuck | clamor | clangor | clap the hands | clapping | clapping of hands | claps | clash | clatter | climatic bubo | clip | clobber | close | close up | clout | clump | coldcock | commotion | congenital syphilis | constitutional syphilis | constrict | contain | contract | cover | crack | crash | crump | cut | dash | deal | deal a blow | deck | din | discord | donnybrook | dose | dose of clap | drunken brawl | dustup | eclat | encore | fasten | fetch | fetch a blow | fifth venereal disease | flap | fling | flop | fold | fold up | fracas | free-for-all | French disease | general paresis | give a hand | gonorrhea | granuloma inguinale | granuloma venereum | great pox | hail | hand | handclap | handclapping | hard chancre | hear it for | hell broke loose | hit | hit a clip | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | hullabaloo | hurl | impose | jab | jangle | key | knock | knock cold | knock down | knock out | latch | latent syphilis | lay | let have it | lock | lock out | lock up | locomotor ataxia | loud noise | morbus Gallicus | noise | noise and shouting | occlude | outcry | ovation | padlock | pandemonium | paralytic dementia | paresis | paste | pat | place | plank | plaudit | plop | plumb | plump | plunk | poke | popularity | pox | pudendal ulcer | punch | put | racket | rap | rattle | report | rhubarb | roar | root for | round of applause | row | ruckus | ruction | rumble | rumpus | seal | seal off | seal up | secure | shindy | shivaree | shut | shut the door | shut up | simple chancre | slam | slap | slat | slog | slug | smack | smash | smite | snap | soak | social disease | sock | soft chancre | Spanish pox | splat | squeeze shut | stick | strangle | strike | strike at | swap | swat | swipe | syph | syphilis | syphilitic meningoencephalitis | tabes | tabes dorsales | tap | tertiary syphilis | throw | thrust | thump | thunder | thunder of applause | thunderclap | thwack | tintamarre | toss | tropical bubo | tumult | uproar | VD | venereal disease | wallop | whack | wham | whap | whomp | whop | yerk | zip up | zipper See Also | approve | beat | bravo | Cupid's disease | Cupid's itch | flap | gesticulate | gesticulate | gesture | gesture | hit | lay | motion | motion | noise | O.K. | okay | place | pose | position | put | sanction | set | sexually transmitted disease | social disease | strike | VD | venereal disease | Venus's curse | water hammer Clap In Webster's Dictionary \Clap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clapping}.] [AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D,
klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v. i., to split open,
yelp, klopfen, v. t. & i., to knock.]
1. To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a
quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap
one's hands; a clapping of wings.
Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and
claps its silver wings. --Marvell.
2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt
manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
--Locke
Clap an extinguaisher upon your irony. --Lamb.
3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands
together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
{To clap hands}.
(a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] --Lam. ii. 15.
{To clap hold of}, to seize roughly or quickly.
{To clap up}.
(a) To imprison hastily or without due formality.
(b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] ``Was ever match
clapped up so suddenly?'' --Shak.
\Clap\, v. i. 1. To knock, as at a door. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To strike the hands together in applause. Their ladies bid them clap. --Shak. 3. To come together suddenly with noise. The doors around me clapped. --Dryden. 4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [Obs.] ``Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?'' --Shak. 5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Clap\ (kl[a^]p), n. 1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. ``Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.'' --Swift. 2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. Horrible claps of thunder. --Hakewill. 3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. What, fifty of my followers at a clap! --Shak. 4. A striking of hands to express approbation. Unextrected claps or hisses. --Addison. 5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. {Clap dish}. See {Clack dish}, under {Clack}, n. {Clap net}, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together. \Clap\, n. [Cf. OF. clapoir.] Gonorrhea. |
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