clap
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, *clappian, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan, *klappōn, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną (“to clap”). Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, Faroese klappa and Danish klappe.
Inflected forms:
form: claps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: claps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clapping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clapped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clapped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: clapt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: clapt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
Senses:
gloss: The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
pos: noun
examples: He summoned the waiter with a clap.
gloss: The explosive sound of thunder.
pos: noun
examples: The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific.
gloss: Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
pos: noun
examples: Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.
gloss: A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
pos: noun
examples: His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
gloss: A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
pos: noun
examples: What, fifty of my followers at a clap!
But it took him a long time to get down-stairs, and a still longer to undo the fastenings, repenting (I dare say) and taken with fresh claps of fear at every second step and every bolt and bar.
gloss: The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
pos: noun
gloss: A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
pos: noun
tags: Yorkshire
examples: “Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”
gloss: To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The children began to clap in time with the music.
gloss: To applaud.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.
“George is all very well on platforms,” said Bundle. “I’ve clapped him myself, though of course I know all the time that he’s talking balderdash.[…]”
gloss: To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
gloss: To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
She clapped the book shut.
He clapped across the floor in his boots.
Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.
[…] Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.
gloss: To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Hostesse clap to the doores.
The doors around me clapped.
Her fear gave her strength; she threw Laura away, and clapped to the door.
gloss: To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
The rival factions clapped up a truce.
gloss: To set or put, usually in haste.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The sheriff clapped him in jail.
She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.
gloss: To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: To defeat.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
slang
transitive
examples: He started a fight but then got clapped immediately.
gloss: To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
pos: verb
tags: slang
Related words: clap skate
applaud
applause
Derived words: afterclap
after-clap
clapalong
clapboard
clapbread
clapcake
clap cold
clapdish
clap-gate
clapless
clapnest
clapometer
clap-o-meter
clappy
clap-sill
clapstick
clapter
claptrap
clapweed
fairy clap
golf clap
handclap
lip clap
slow clap
thunderclap
umbeclap
clap net
and then everyone clapped
and then everyone on the bus clapped
beclap
clap back
clap cheeks
clap eyes on
clap hold of
clap in
clap-in-clap-out
clap on
clap one's hands red
clap out
clapped out
clapper
clapping
clappingly
clap someone's cheeks
clap together
clap up
everyone clapped
please clap
stomp clap hey
unclap
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