Clap

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Noisy talk; chatter.

II. Clap ·vi To knock, as at a door.

III. Clap ·noun Gonorrhea.

IV. Clap ·vt To express contempt or derision.

V. Clap ·vi To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.

VI. Clap ·noun A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.

VII. Clap ·noun The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

VIII. Clap ·vi To come together suddenly with noise.

IX. Clap ·noun A striking of hands to express approbation.

X. Clap ·vi To strike the hands together in applause.

XI. Clap ·noun A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.

XII. Clap ·noun A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

XIII. Clap ·vi To enter with alacrity and briskness;

— with to or into.

XIV. Clap ·vt To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner;

— often followed by to, into, on, or upon.

XV. Clap ·vt To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to Applaud; as, to clap a performance.

XVI. Clap ·vt 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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