CLAP


Meaning of CLAP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klæp ]

( claps, clapping, clapped)

1.

When you clap , you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.

The men danced and the women clapped...

Midge clapped her hands, calling them back to order...

Londoners came out on to the pavement to wave and clap the marchers.

VERB : V , V n , V n

Clap is also a noun.

Let’s give the children a big clap.

N-SING : a N

2.

If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly.

I clapped a hand over her mouth.

VERB : V n prep

3.

A clap of thunder is a sudden and loud noise of thunder.

N-COUNT : N of n

4.

to clap eyes on someone : see eye

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