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▪ I. clapped, ppl. a.1 Farriery.|klæpt| [f. clap n.1 14 + -ed2.] Affected with clap.
1759Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) I. x. 30 His horse was either clapp'd, or spavin'd, or greaz'd. ▪ II. clapped, ppl. a.2 slang.|klæpt| [f. clap v.1 + -ed1.] Usu. with out: worn out, exhausted.
1946B. Sutton Jungle Pilot xiii. 66 The American aircraft..had become ‘clapped out’ by the exceptional number of hours they had been flown since a complete overhaul. 1960Daily Express 18 July 6/5 The clapped-out car handed in for replacement. 1961R. B. Amos Wasp in Web vii. 65 A clapped-out Fascist movement with a power-crazy brass-hat in control. 1961I. Jefferies It wasn't Me! iii. 33 Bertie's cracking up..he's sort of clapped. 1967A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy vi. 56 Have you got this memory trick where all I have to do is speak and your clapped out brain registers every word? ▪ III. clapped, clapt|klæpt| pa. pple. of clap v. |