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Clap

noun
1.
A sudden very loud noise.  Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, eruption.
2.
A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra.  Synonyms: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea.
3.
A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated.  Synonym: clack.
verb
(past & past part. clapped; pres. part. clapping)
1.
Put quickly or forcibly.
2.
Cause to strike the air in flight.
3.
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.  Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, spat.
4.
Clap one's hands together.  Synonym: spat.
5.
Strike the air in flight.
6.
Strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting.
7.
Strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise.



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"Clap" Quotes from Famous Books



... these goblins are not like our Maori goblins," and, taking courage, offered them sweet potatoes, and even lit a fire and roasted cockles for them. When one of the strangers pointed a walking-staff he had in his hand at a cormorant sitting on a dead tree, and there was a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, followed by the cormorant's fall there was another stampede into the bush. But the goblins laughed so good-humouredly that the children took heart to return and look at the fallen bird. Yes, it was dead; but what had killed it? ...
— The Long White Cloud • William Pember Reeves
... increased in violence. The air grew darker and darker. It was near evening, the clouds were dense, the thick woods increased the gloom. Suddenly a blinding flash of lightning pierced the darkness, followed by a sharp clap of thunder. There was a crash of falling timber. Terror-stricken, Rena flew forward through the forest, the underbrush growing closer and closer as she advanced. Suddenly the earth gave way beneath her feet and she sank into a concealed morass. ...
— The House Behind the Cedars • Charles W. Chesnutt
... succeeding in the general tide of success, established with a family and three young children, all seemed well. Now the Four Corners was rarely visited. The verandas broke down; grass and hardy roses grew into the cracks where the clap-boards had started. The Ellwells, father and son, were fashionable people; the ...
— The Man Who Wins • Robert Herrick
... was to me like a clap of thunder. "Commander of the faithful," I replied, "I am ready to do whatever your majesty shall think fit to command; but I beseech you most humbly to consider what I have undergone. I have also made a vow ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 1 • Anon.
... came a sound as of a thunder-clap, but the sound seemed to come from the ears of the girls. And as the echo was dying away, slowly the girls rose to their feet. For a moment they stood apart, a dazed expression on their faces. Then they clung ...
— Australian Legendary Tales - Folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies • K. Langloh Parker


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