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clap
1[klap]
verb (used with object)
to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval.
She clapped her hands in appreciation.
to strike (someone) amicably with a light, open-handed slap, as in greeting, encouragement, or the like.
He clapped his friend on the back.
to strike (an object) against something quickly and forcefully, producing an abrupt, sharp sound, or a series of such sounds.
to clap a book on the table.
to bring together forcefully (facing surfaces of the same object).
She clapped the book shut.
to applaud (a performance, speech, speaker, etc.) by clapping the hands.
The audience clapped the actors at the end of the act.
to put or place quickly or forcefully: She clapped her hand over his mouth.
Can you clap a lid on that jar?
She clapped her hand over his mouth.
They clapped him in jail.
to make or arrange hastily (often followed by together orup ).
He clapped together dinner from stuff in the pantry and leftovers from the fridge.
verb (used without object)
to clap the hands, as to express approval; applaud.
After the audience stopped clapping, the tenor sang two encores.
to make an abrupt, sharp sound, as of flat surfaces striking against one another.
The shutters clapped in the wind.
to move or strike with such a sound.
She clapped across the room in her slippers.
noun
verb phrase
Slangclapback.
clap
2[klap]
noun
Often the clap gonorrhea.
clap
1/ æ /
verb
to make or cause to make a sharp abrupt sound, as of two nonmetallic objects struck together
to applaud (someone or something) by striking the palms of the hands together sharply
(tr) to strike (a person) lightly with an open hand, in greeting, encouragement, etc
(tr) to place or put quickly or forcibly
they clapped him into jail
(of certain birds) to flap (the wings) noisily
(tr; foll by up or together) to contrive or put together hastily
they soon clapped up a shed
informalto catch sight of
informalto grasp suddenly or forcibly
noun
the sharp abrupt sound produced by striking the hands together
the act of clapping, esp in applause
he deserves a good clap
a sudden sharp sound, esp of thunder
a light blow
archaica sudden action or mishap
clap
2/ æ /
noun
a slang word for gonorrhoea
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clap1
Origin of clap2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clap1
Origin of clap2
Example Sentences
"May your village burn," a group of others then say, singing, whooping and clapping.
Near him was an older white sister, smiling, nodding and clapping along.
Hours later, Bass clapped back on MSNBC, saying: “I have no idea what he’s talking about.”
There were "patches of quietened gasps and awkward half-laughs and broken clapping" in the audience, they said.
He waved his arms in celebration as Bruins fans behind the third-base dugout led an “eight clap” for the first and only time Saturday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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