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Clap
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) 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.
(2):
(v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
(3):
(v. i.) To knock, as at a door.
(4):
(n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
(5):
(v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
(6):
(n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
(7):
(n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
(8):
(n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
(9):
(n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
(10):
(n.) Gonorrhea.
(11):
(n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
(12):
(v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; - with to or into.
(13):
(v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.
(14):
(v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
(15):
(v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
(16):
(v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; - often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Clap'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/clap.html. 1828.
