clapverb
uk/klæp/us/klæp/-pp-clap verb (MAKE NOISE)
B1 [ I or T ] to make a short loud noise by hitting your hands together:
B1 [ I or T ] to clap your hands repeatedly to show that you like or admire someone or have enjoyed a performance:
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- Everyone clapped and cheered and you could see he was lapping it up.
- The audience clapped politely.
- The audience clapped respectfully as she stood up to speak.
- The whole audience got up and started clapping.
- The audience was whooping and clapping.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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clap verb (PUT QUICKLY)
[ T + adv/prep ] to put a person or thing somewhere quickly or suddenly:
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- set sth down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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clap verb (HIT)
[ T + adv/prep ] to hit someone lightly on the shoulder or back in a friendly way, especially to express pleasure at what they have done:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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Phrasal verb(s)
clapnoun
uk/klæp/us/klæp/clap noun (NOISE)
[ S ] the act of clapping your hands continuously to show that you like or admire someone or something:
C2 [ C ] a sudden loud noise made by thunder:
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- exalt
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsodic
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
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clap noun (HIT)
[ C ] the act of hitting someone lightly on the shoulder or back in a friendly way, especially to express pleasure at what they have done:
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
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clap noun (DISEASE)
slang for gonorrhoea :
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Diseases of the reproductive system
- candida
- chlamydia
- clitoridis
- cryptorchidism
- cystocele
- dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- erectile dysfunction
- gonorrhoea
- herpes
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
- Mullerian agenesis
- PCOS
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- sexually transmitted disease
- syphilis
- the pox
- thrush
- undescended
- vaginal agenesis
- venereology
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