Definition of clap

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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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Clacker :: Clacker (n.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill..
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..
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 strike the hands together in applause.
Clapped :: Clapped (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.
Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A person who claps.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap..
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Claps :: Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clas.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
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..
Clack :: Clack (v. t.) Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve..
Clapbread :: Clapbread (n.) Alt. of Clapcak.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
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