(-pp-)
1 to hit your open hands together several times to show that you approve of or have enjoyed sth:
[V] The audience cheered and clapped. * [VN] Everyone clapped us when we went up to get our prize.
2 ~ (your hands) to hit your open hands together:
[VN] She clapped her hands in delight. * He clapped his hands for silence. * [V] Everyone clapped in time to the music.
3 [VN] ~ sb on the back / shoulder to lightly hit sb with your open hand, usually in a friendly way
4 [VN+adv./prep.] to put sth/sb somewhere quickly and suddenly:
'Oh dear!' she cried, clapping a hand over her mouth. * to clap sb in irons / jail / prison * In the old days they would have clapped you in jail for that.
IDIOMS see EYEn.
Part of speech: noun
1 [sing.] an act of clapping the hands; the sound this makes:
Give him a clap! (= to praise sb at the end of a performance)
2 [C] a sudden loud noise:
a clap of thunder
3 (also the clap) [U] (slang) a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having sex with an infected person
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is clap a noun, verb, or something else?
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