clap
verb
[ klap ]
• strike the palms of (one's hands) together repeatedly, typically in order to applaud someone or something.
• "Agnes clapped her hands in glee"
Similar:
applaud,
clap one's hands,
put one's hands together,
applaud someone to the echo,
give someone a (big) hand,
bring the house down,
give it up,
• slap (someone) encouragingly on the back or shoulder.
• "as they parted, he clapped Owen on the back"
Similar:
slap,
strike,
hit,
smack,
crack,
bang,
thump,
cuff,
pat,
whack,
thwack,
wallop,
clap
noun
• an act of striking together the palms of the hands.
• "when they stop I give them a clap"
• an explosive sound, especially of thunder.
• "a clap of thunder echoed through the valley"
Origin:
Old English clappan ‘throb, beat’, of imitative origin. clap1 (sense 1 of the verb) dates from late Middle English.
clap
noun
• a venereal disease, especially gonorrhoea.
• "she has given him the clap"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Old French clapoir ‘venereal bubo’.
