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Webster 1913 Edition

Clap

Clap

(klăp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clapped
(klăpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clapping
.]
[AS.
clappan
; akin to Icel. & Sw.
klappa
, D,
klappen
, to clap, prate, G.
klaffen
, v. i., to split open, yelp,
klopfen
, v. t. & i., to knock.]
1.
To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise;
as, to
clap
one’s hands; a
clapping
of wings
.
Then like a bird it sits and sings,
And whets and
claps
its silver wings.
Marvell.
2.
To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; – often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
He had just time to get in and
clap
to the door.
Locke
Clap
an extinguisher upon your irony.
Lamb.
3.
To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud;
as, to
clap
a performance
.
To clap hands
.
(a)
To pledge faith by joining hands.
[Obs.]
Shak.
(b)
To express contempt or derision.
[Obs.]
Lam. ii. 15.
–
To clap hold of
,
to seize roughly or quickly.
–
To clap up
.
(a)
To imprison hastily or without due formality.
(b)
To make or contrive hastily.
[Obs.]
“Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?”
Shak.

Clap

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To knock, as at a door.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
To strike the hands together in applause.
Their ladies bid them
clap
.
Shakespeare
3.
To come together suddenly with noise.
The doors around me
clapped
.
Dryden.
4.
To enter with alacrity and briskness; – with to or into.
[Obs.]
“Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?”
Shak.
5.
To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Clap

(klăp)
,
Noun.
1.
A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
“Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.”
Swift.
2.
A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
Horrible
claps
of thunder.
Hakewill.
3.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
What, fifty of my followers at a
clap
!
Shakespeare
4.
A striking of hands to express approbation.
Unextrected
claps
or hisses.
Addison.
5.
Noisy talk; chatter.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
6.
(Falconry)
The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Clap dish
.
See
Clack dish
, under
Clack
,
Noun.
–
Clap net
,
a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.

Clap

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
clapoir
.]
Gonorrhea.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clap

CLAP

, v.t.
1.
To strike with a quick motion, so as to make a noise by the collision; to strike with something broad, or having a flat surface; as, to clap the hands; to clap the wings.
2.
To thrust or drive together; to shut hastily; followed by to; as, to clap to the door or gate.
3.
To thrust or drive together; to put one thing to another by a hasty or sudden motion; followed by to, on or in; as, to clap the hand to the mouth; to clap spurs to a horse; to clap on a saddle.
4.
To thrust; to put, place or send; followed by in, into, under, over, &c.; as, to clap one under the hatches; to clap one into Bedlam; to clap a board over a pit.
5.
To applaud; to manifest approbation or praise by striking the hands together; as, to clap a performance on the stage.
6.
To infect with venereal poison.
To clap up, to make or complete hastily; as, to clap up a peace.
To imprison hastily, or with little delay.

CLAP

, v.i.
1.
To move or drive together suddenly with noise.
The doors around me clapt.
2.
To enter on with alacrity and briskness; to drive or thrust on; as we say to reapers or mowers, clap in, or clap to, that is, enter on the work, begin without delay, begin briskly.
3.
To strike the hands together in applause.
Bid them clap.

CLAP

, n.
1.
A driving together; a thrust and collision of bodies with noise, usually bodies with broad surfaces.
Give the door a clap.
2.
A sudden act or motion; a thrust.
Pay all debts at one clap.
3.
A burst of sound; a sudden explosion; as a clap of thunder.
4.
An act of applause; a striking of hands to express approbation.
5.
A venereal infection.
6.
With falconers, the nether part of the beak of a hawk.

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