| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Clap.[Websters]
2. To be battered, monetized or crumpled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have popped or poked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be ruckled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have knocked, chopped, wounded, larruped or afflicted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be shocked or bruised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have inserted, applied or secured. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be mixed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have banged, cracked, stroked, crashed or thundered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be palpitated.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb clap.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clap) | 1. Put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail".[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings".[Wordnet]. 3. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.[Wordnet]. 4. Clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music".[Wordnet]. 5. Strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly".[Wordnet]. 6. Strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting.[Wordnet]. 7. Strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; "clap two boards together".[Wordnet]. 8. 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.[Websters]. 9. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.[Websters]. 10. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.[Websters]. 11. To express contempt or derision.[Websters]. 12. To knock, as at a door.[Websters]. 13. To strike the hands together in applause.[Websters]. 14. To come together suddenly with noise.[Websters]. 15. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.[Websters]. 16. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.[Websters]. 17. Base verb from the following inflections: clapping, clapped, claps, clapper, clappers, clappingly and clappedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLAPPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CLAPPED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Thrust or put on or together; applauded by striking the hands together; infected with the venereal disease.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of clap. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: CLAPPED
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Clapped out | Worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: clap
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Catch clap | MultiLingual Slang | Polish (Zlapac trypra). (references) | |
| Clap on the shoulder | Slang in 1811 | CLAP ON THE SHOULDER. An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| The clap | MultiLingual Slang | German (Tripper, der). (references) | |
| The clap | Slang | Gonorrhea. (references) | |
| To clap | MultiLingual Slang | German (klatschen). (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: clap
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| CLAP | English | Computerized Library Advanced Package | Computing, Publishing & Graphic Arts | |
| CLAP | German | Hochleistungs-Fluessigchromatographie | Chemistry, Environment | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
