clap

1. (intransitive) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.Examples: "The children began to clap in time with the music."intransitive

2. (transitive) To applaud.Examples: "The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey."; "It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer."transitive

3. (transitive) To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.Examples: "He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement."transitive

4. (ambitransitive) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.Examples: "He clapped the empty glass down on the table."; "She clapped the book shut."; "He clapped across the floor in his boots."ambitransitive

5. (obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.Examples: "Hostesse clap to the doores."; "The doors around me clapped."; "Her fear gave her strength; she threw Laura away, and clapped to the door."obsolete

6. (transitive) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).Examples: "We should clap together a shelter before nightfall."; "The rival factions clapped up a truce."transitive

1. (slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea.Examples: "With the mischiefe of the melt and maw, / The clape and the canker,—"; "I stepped out of my tent in Marrakech one night to get a bar of candy and caught your dose of clap when that Wac I never even saw before hissed me into the bushes."; "“What in hell makes you think he's got the clap?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka"slangusuallywith-definite-article