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.
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.
Clap \Clap\ (kl[a^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clapped} (kl[a^]pt); 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 extinguisher 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.
Clap \Clap\, n. [Cf. OF. clapoir.] Gonorrhea.
There was a sudden blue flash, a clap of thunder, and a hazy figure appeared.
Their prerequisite is to look exotic and clap loudly. The designers are the other key players in the couture game.
By ducking and weaving it was possible at least to clap eyes on most paintings.
If it didn't do so with a clap of the hand, it did make the change in only a year.
How can we clap?" Lisa Brumbaugh, who holds the school banner at the head of the band, said they were told Chinese audiences are not used to applauding. "So I wasn't expecting it," she added.
Strangely it has no reef, but it is a magnificent curl of steep-sloping sand where the waves clap and race and the swimming is impeccable. Yet to my mind the beach to beat them all in Anguilla is Captain's Bay in a secluded cove in the far north-east.
"It's a fun song that makes a fantastic finale," said Newman, a native of Big Mamou, La. "Everybody knows it and can sing along and clap their hands and have a good time.
By the last scene I repeatedly found that no sooner did I guffaw with laughter that I had to clap my hand over my mouth in appalled embarrassment.
The crowd stops doing "the wave" and begins to clap and stomp.
Imahashi demonstrated with his hands how teachers sometimes clap their hands suddenly over students' ears.