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1  [klap] verb clapped, clap⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, esp. to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
2. to strike (someone) amicably with a light, open-handed slap, as in greeting, encouragement, or the like: He clapped his friend on the back.
3. to strike (an object) against something quickly and forcefully, producing an abrupt, sharp sound, or a series of such sounds: to clap a book on the table.
4. to bring together forcefully (facing surfaces of the same object): She clapped the book shut.
5. to applaud (a performance, speech, speaker, etc.) by clapping the hands: The audience clapped the actors at the end of the act.
6. to put or place quickly or forcefully: to clap a lid on a jar; She clapped her hand over his mouth. They clapped him in jail.
7. to make or arrange hastily (often fol. by up or together).
–verb (used without object)
8. to clap the hands, as to express approval; applaud: After the audience stopped clapping, the tenor sang two encores.
9. to make an abrupt, sharp sound, as of flat surfaces striking against one another: The shutters clapped in the wind.
10. to move or strike with such a sound: She clapped across the room in her slippers.
–noun
11. an act or instance of clapping.
12. the abrupt, sharp sound produced by clapping.
13. a resounding blow; slap.
14. a loud and abrupt or explosive noise, as of thunder.
15. a sudden stroke, blow, or act.
16. Printing. clapper (def. 5).
17. Obsolete. a sudden mishap.
—Idioms
18. clap eyes on. eye (def. 42).
19. clap hold of, Nautical. to take hold of.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME clappen, OE clæppan; c. MLG kleppen
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clap

2  [klap]
–noun Slang: Vulgar.
gonorrhea (often prec. by the).
Origin:
1580–90; akin to MF clapoir bubo, clapier brothel, OPr clapier warren
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clap 1   (klāp)   
v.   clapped, clap·ping, claps

v.   intr.
  1. To strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound, as in applauding.
  2. To come together suddenly with a sharp sound.
v.   tr.
  1. To strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on another: clapped a book on the desk.
  2. To strike (the hands) together with an abrupt, loud sound, usually repeatedly: clapped hands in time to the music.
  3. To strike lightly but firmly with the open hand, as in greeting: clapped me on the shoulder.
  4. To put or place quickly and firmly: clapped the purse snatcher in jail; clapped a lid on the box.
  5. To arrange hastily: clapped together a plan.
n.  
  1. The act or sound of clapping the hands.
  2. A sudden, loud, explosive sound: a clap of thunder.
  3. A sharp blow with the open hand; a slap.
  4. Obsolete A sudden stroke of fortune, especially of bad luck.

[Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, clappian, to throb, and from Old Norse klappa, to clap, pat.]
clap 2   (klāp)   
n.   Vulgar Slang
Gonorrhea. Often used with the.

[Probably from obsolete French clapoir, bubo, from Old French clapier, brothel, from Old Provençal, rabbit warren, from clap, heap of stones, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
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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.

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.

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.

Clap

Clap\, n. [Cf. OF. clapoir.] Gonorrhea.
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Language Translation for : Clap
Spanish: aplaudir,
German: klatschen,
Japanese: 手をたたく
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clap  (v.)
O.E. clæppan "to throb, beat," echoic. Of thunder, c.1386. Clapper "tongue of a bell" is from 1379. Claptrap is c.1730 theater slang from actors' stage devices to get applause.

clap  (n.)
"gonorrhea," 1587, of unknown origin, perhaps from M.E. claper, from O.Fr. clapoire, originally "rabbit burrow" but given a slang extension to "brothel." Originally also a v., "to infect with clap."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: clap
Pronunciation: 'klap
Function: noun
: GONORRHEA —often usedwith the
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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clap (klāp)
n.
Gonorrhea. Often used with the.

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