Dictionary Entry
clap
clap is a 4-letter English word with 26 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 26 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
- 3transitive verb
To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
- 4transitive verb
To express contempt or derision.
- 5intransitive verb
To knock, as at a door.
- 6intransitive verb
To strike the hands together in applause.
- 7intransitive verb
To come together suddenly with noise.
- 8intransitive verb
To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
- 9intransitive verb
To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
- 10noun
A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
- 11noun
A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
- 12noun
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
- 13noun
A striking of hands to express approbation.
- 14noun
Noisy talk; chatter.
- 15noun
The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
- 16noun
Gonorrhea.
- 17noun
a sudden very loud noise
- 18noun
a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
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- 19noun
a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
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- 20verb
clap one's hands together
"The children were clapping to the music"
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- 21verb
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- 22verb
strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
"clap two boards together"
- 23verb
strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
- 24verb
put quickly or forcibly
"The judge clapped him in jail"
- 25verb
strike the air in flight
"the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
- 26verb
cause to strike the air in flight
"The big bird clapped its wings"
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