clap
About 1.14 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
He summoned the waiter with a clap.
- noun The explosive sound of thunder.
- noun Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
- noun A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
- noun A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
- noun The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
- noun A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
- verb To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
The children began to clap in time with the music.
Similar words
bang blowup acclaim applaud blast gonorrhoea eruption gonorrhea spat loud noise
Often followed by
of their your and the hands his on her
Word family
clapped clapping claps clapt
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