Definition of clap

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Clap (v. t.) 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..

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Applause :: Applause (n.) The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house..
Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..
Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap..
Clapbread :: Clapbread (n.) Alt. of Clapcak.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..
Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Clap :: Clap (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
Beclap :: Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..
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