Definition of clap

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Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.

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Beclap :: Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Clap :: Clap (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
Clapbread :: Clapbread (n.) Alt. of Clapcak.
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..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Clap :: Clap (n.) Gonorrhea.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..
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.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..
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 (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap..
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..
Clap :: Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
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