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Clapping   /klˈæpɪŋ/   Listen
Clapping

noun
1.
A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.  Synonyms: applause, hand clapping.


Clap

verb
(past & past part. clapped; pres. part. clapping)
1.
Put quickly or forcibly.
2.
Cause to strike the air in flight.
3.
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.  Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, spat.
4.
Clap one's hands together.  Synonym: spat.
5.
Strike the air in flight.
6.
Strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting.
7.
Strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise.



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"Clapping" Quotes from Famous Books



... will stay!" she cried, clapping her hands joyfully, "for I'm sure he won't part with you. Oh! thank ...
— Jack Sheppard - A Romance • William Harrison Ainsworth
... finger on his nose as he spoke, gave a jump like a grasshopper, clapping on his cap as he went, and vanished. Toinette lingered a moment, in hopes that he might come back, then took her pitcher and hurried home. The woods were very dusky by this time; but full of her strange adventures, she did not remember ...
— The Children's Book of Christmas Stories • Various
... and Mary remained with her husband and the Williamses at Casa Magni. These rapidly succeeding troubles, together with Mary's being again in a delicate state of health, left the circle in an unhinged and nervous state of apprehension. Shelley saw visions of Allegra rising from the sea, clapping her hands and smiling at him. Mrs. Williams saw Shelley on the balcony, and then he was nowhere near, nor had he been there. Shelley ranged from wild delight with the beauty around him, to such fits of despondency as when he most culpably ...
— Mrs. Shelley • Lucy M. Rossetti
... LADY CAROLINE (clapping her hands). My own one, don't you think it would be fun if we were to write poems about each other and pin ...
— Dear Brutus • J. M. Barrie
... of it," agreed Martin, clapping his hands. And she flung the top of the loaf to his right, and he made a great leap to the left and caught it. And then he threw it to Jessica, who tossed it to Joan, who sent it to Joyce, who whirled it to Jennifer, who spun it to Jane, who missed ...
— Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard • Eleanor Farjeon


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