clap
🇺🇸
/klæp/
🇬🇧
/klæp/
verb
R
to hit your hands together to show you like something
The crowd will clap when the show ends.
R
to hit your hands together
She will clap to the music.
R
to lightly hit someone with your hand in a friendly way
He will clap his friend on the back to say hello.
R
to put something or someone somewhere quickly
The guard will clap the thief in jail.
noun
R
the act or sound of hitting hands together
Let's give a big clap for the winner.
R
a sudden loud noise
A loud clap of thunder scared the dog.
R
a disease caught from sex
translation
to hit your hands together to show you like something; to hit your hands together; to lightly hit someone with your hand in a friendly way; to put something or someone somewhere quickly
the act or sound of hitting hands together; a sudden loud noise; a disease caught from sex
Word Forms
Past
clapped
3rd Present
claps
Progressive
clapping
Perfect
clapped
Plural
claps