Definition of clap

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Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.

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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..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A person who claps.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Clape :: Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
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..
Clapcake :: Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Flop :: Flop (v. t.) To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap..
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..
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..
Applaud :: Applaud (v. t.) To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign..
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