Clap \Clap\, v. i.
1. To knock, as at a door. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
2. To strike the hands together in applause.
Their ladies bid them clap. --Shak.
3. To come together suddenly with noise.
The doors around me clapped. --Dryden.
4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
[Obs.]
``Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . .
saying we are hoarse?'' --Shak.
5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Clap \Clap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Clapping.]
[AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D,
klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v. i., to split open,
yelp, klopfen, v. t. & i., to knock.]
1. 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.
Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and
claps its silver wings. --Marvell.
2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt
manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
--Locke
Clap an extinguaisher upon your irony. --Lamb.
3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands
together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
To clap hands.
(a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.]
--Shak.
(b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.]
--Lam. ii. 15.
To clap hold of, to seize roughly or quickly.
To clap up.
(a) To imprison hastily or without due formality.
(b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.]
``Was ever match
clapped up so suddenly?'' --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Clap \Clap\ (kl[a^]p), n.
1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. ``Give the
door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole
room.'' --Swift.
2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
Horrible claps of thunder. --Hakewill.
3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
What, fifty of my followers at a clap! --Shak.
4. A striking of hands to express approbation.
Unextrected claps or hisses. --Addison.
5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n.
Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap
together.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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