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clap English

Meaning clap meaning

What does clap mean?
Definitions in simple English

clap Noun

— A clap is the act of hitting the palms of your hands together to make a noise. She made a clap with her hands to get the man's attention. — A clap can be any load sound made by two things hitting each other. There was a loud clap when she closed the book.

clap Verb

— To clap is to make a noise by hitting the palms of your hands together. The crowd clapped when the baseball team won the game.

clap

— verb put quickly or forcibly The judge clapped him in jail — noun (= bang) a sudden very loud noise — verb clap one's hands together The children were clapping to the music — verb cause to strike the air in flight The big bird clapped its wings — verb clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval — verb strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise clap two boards together — verb strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting — verb strike the air in flight the wings of the birds clapped loudly — noun (= clack) a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated — noun (= gonorrhea) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

Synonyms clap synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as clap?

clap English » English

applaud slap acclaim bang pat gonorrhea clack beat spat applause crack strike smack slam hit gonorrhoea flap clapping cheer thud tap rattle pop clash clap hands blast thunderclap thrash swat snap report pound eruption click clatter chatter boom bam whomp whip wallop thwack thunder-peal thunder thrust throb thresh swash strike down splash

Topics clap topics

What do people use clap to talk about?
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Lightning, thunder
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

Conjugation clap conjugation

How do you conjugate clap?

clap · verb

Examples clap examples

How do I use clap in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Suddenly I heard a loud clap of thunder.
They did not clap for us.
Tom didn't clap after Mary's performance.
Please clap.
She has the clap.
Clap.
Clap!

Movie subtitles

We're just here to dance when you clap your hands and be your little writer monkeys here to humiliate ourselves, to torture ourselves for you.
Come on, everybody. Clap, like.
Oh, they'll clap us in jail the minute we dump. our cannon.
Clap your hands.
And then he vanished out there, I suppose, with a puff of smoke and like a clap of.
Clap him in irons.
Clap the dog in irons and have done with him.
Clap! Clap!
They'll spend, they'll clap, you'll make a fortune.
Laugh and clap your hands!
They'll clap him in some stinking prison.
I'm after a clap of lightning.
Well, clap him up again.
Clap, like.
Any more of that, and I'll clap you in irons.
I mean, if I were to clap my hands now whose guard would come, mine or yours?
As captain of the guard, I've a mind to clap you in the gatehouse.
If they refuse, clap 'em in the tower; that'll make 'em disgorge. And the lesser rogues will follow their example.
I heard a song that impressed me very much, and it's the kind of a song we snap our fingers and clap our hands, and I want you to come along with me. We'll have a little fun.
Clap your hands!
Clap hands and jump for joy.
You take a couple of those fish, you clean them and put some bacon fat in a pan chunk up an onion or two and clap a lid on it.
Give me your answer, i' faith, do, and so clap hands and a bargain.
You said there was a clap of thunder just before he entered the house.
Anna, Anna, the clap-knifle with the birds.
I'll clap my hands and you go on dancing.
Let him say. - Hiss now or a clap now whatever he wants.
Half of you clap, It was just to lead me on.
When Jonne's pal came home, he had caught the clap!
If you're there, clap your hands!
Clap like a birdie.
Right Parka, clap him in irons.

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