[klap] 
verb clapped, clap⋅ping, noun | 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 18. | clap eyes on. eye (def. 42). |
| 19. | clap hold of, Nautical. to take hold of. |
clap (klāp)
n.
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