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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clap \Clap\, n. [Cf. OF clapoir.] Gonorrhea. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clap n 1: a sudden very loud noise [syn: {bang}, {blowup}, {eruption}, {blast}, {loud noise}] 2: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra [syn: {gonorrhea}, {gonorrhoea}] v 1: put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail" 2: cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings" 3: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: {applaud}, {spat}, {acclaim}] [ant: {boo}] 4: clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music" [syn: {spat}] 5: strike the air in flight; of the wings of certain birds 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, as of two flat, hard surfaces
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