clap🔊

The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

The explosive sound of thunder.

Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.

A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.

A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Edward Peacock, ''A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=c3oKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=clap&as_brr=1 p 188]

To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. +

To applaud. +

To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.

To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.

(obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with (to).

To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by ''up'' or ''together'').

To set or put, usually in haste.

(AAVE) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

(slang) To have sex, fornicate, copulate.

(slang) To defeat.

(usually with ''"the"'') Gonorrhea.