CLAP
\klˈap], \klˈap], \k_l_ˈa_p]\
Definitions of CLAP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
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a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
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strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
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put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"
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strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; "clap two boards together"
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strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
By Princeton University
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a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
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a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
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strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise, as of two flat, hard surfaces
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strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
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put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
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To express contempt or derision.
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To knock, as at a door.
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To strike the hands together in applause.
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To come together suddenly with noise.
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To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
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A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
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A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
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A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
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A striking of hands to express approbation.
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The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
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To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; - often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
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To enter with alacrity and briskness; - with to or into.
By Oddity Software
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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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To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
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To express contempt or derision.
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To knock, as at a door.
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To strike the hands together in applause.
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To come together suddenly with noise.
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To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
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A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
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A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
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A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
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A striking of hands to express approbation.
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The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
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To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; - often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
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To enter with alacrity and briskness; - with to or into.
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Noisy talk; chatter.
By Noah Webster.
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To strike (the hands) together with a quick, sharp noise; to applaud by striking the hands together; to put on, place, etc., quickly and suddenly; strike or slap suddenly.
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To show approval by striking the hands together.
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A loud noise made by a sudden collision; applause; a blow delivered with suddenness.
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Clapped.
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Clapping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The noise made by the sudden striking together of two things, as the hands: a sudden act or motion: a burst of sound.
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To strike together so as to make a noise: to thrust or drive together suddenly: to applaud with the hands.
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To strike the hands together: to strike together with noise:-pr.p. clapping: pa.p. clapped.
By Daniel Lyons
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Sound produced by the collision of two fiat surfaces; applause by clapping the hands; a sudden peal.
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To strike together, or bring together sunddenly; to applaud by striking the hands.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To strike together with a sharp sound, as the palms of the hands; applaud by clapping; place quickly or suddenly.
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The act or sound of clapping.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A noise made by the collision of flat surfaces; a sudden act or motion; a burst of sound, particularly of thunder; an act of applause; the nether part of the beat of a hawk. To clap up, to make hastily; to imprison hastily or with informality.
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To strike with a quick motion lightly or heavily, generally with something fiat; to thrust or drive together suddenly; to shut hastily; to put or place suddenly or hastily; to applaud by striking the hands together.
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To infect with it.
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To move or drive together suddenly with noise; to strike the hands together in applause.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A noise made by the meeting of bodies; a loud noise or a burst of sound, as of thunder; a stroke with the open hand.
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To strike quickly together so as to produce a sound; to strike gently with the palm of the hand; to applaud by striking the palms of the hands together; to drive together; to thrust hastily.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
