单词 | to clap out |
释义 | > as lemmasto clap out b. To slap or strike with a flat surface, so as to smooth or flatten; to pat. So to clap out. Chiefly northern. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] > with the hand or an instrument strikec1000 clap1550 pat1583 hand-wave1641 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation hootc1175 to clap out1550 explose?c1550 explode1563 hiss1598 exsibilate1601 to hum up, down1642 out-hiss1647 chuckle1681 catcall1700 scrape1773 groan1799 to get the (big) bird1825 boo1833 fie-fie1836 goose1838 sibilate1864 cluck1916 bird1927 slow handclap1949 tsk-tsk1966 tut1972 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat > so as to flatten or smooth clap1550 pat1583 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle vi. sig. Dv As the dyer blecher or the laundres washeth, beateth, lompeth, and clappeth the fowle..clothes. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 286 Dip your Cloths in, and..as they cool take them out and lay them on a Table, and clap them. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xli. 197 The dough being laid on a round board..she clapped it out with her hands till it covered the board. 1824 M. M. Sherwood Waste Not i. 19 She was made to iron, and plait, and stamp and clap, and clear-starch. < as lemmas |
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