clap
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
He summoned the waiter with a clap.
- 2.
The explosive sound of thunder.
- 3.
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
- 4.
A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
- 5.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
- 6.
(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
- 7.
(Yorkshire)A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
- 8.
(slang, usually, with definite article)(slang, usually with "the") Synonym of gonorrhea.
Đồng nghĩa: gonorrhea
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
The children began to clap in time with the music.
Đồng nghĩa: applaud, beclap
- 2.
(transitive)To applaud.
The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.
Đồng nghĩa: acclaim, applaud, hurrah, acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack, beclap, cheer, cheer on, clap, encheer, hurrah, hurray, huzzah
- 3.
(transitive)To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
- 4.
(ambitransitive)To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
She clapped the book shut.
He clapped across the floor in his boots.
- 5.
(obsolete)To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
- 6.
(transitive)To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
The rival factions clapped up a truce.
- 7.
(transitive)To set or put, usually in haste.
The sheriff clapped him in jail.
She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
- 8.
(slang)(slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
- 9.
(broadly, slang, transitive)(by extension, transitive, slang) To defeat.
He started a fight but then got clapped immediately.
- 10.
(slang)To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
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From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, *clappian, from *klappijan, *klappōn, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną (to clap). Cognate with klappen, klappa, klappa and klappe.