clap

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun



 * 1) The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
 * 2) The explosive sound of thunder.
 * 3) Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
 * 4) A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
 * 5) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
 * 6)  The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
 * 7)  A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
 * 1) A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
 * 2) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
 * 3)  The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
 * 4)  A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
 * 1)  The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
 * 2)  A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
 * 1)  A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:applause
 * See also Thesaurus:applause

Translations

 * Arabic: تَصْفِيق
 * Hijazi Arabic: صَفَّق
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܲܦܵܐ
 * Baluchi: چاپ
 * Bulgarian:, ръкопляскане
 * Catalan:
 * Emilian: bāter
 * Faroese: klapping, klappan
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κρότος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 手拍子,
 * Macedonian: ракоплескање
 * Malayalam:, കൈയ്യടി, കൈകൊട്ട്, കരഘോഷം
 * Maori: pakipaki
 * Polish: klask
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Yoruba: pàtẹ́wọ́


 * Bulgarian: хлопване,
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: тресок
 * Malayalam:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Irish: boiseog

Verb

 * 1) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
 * 2) To applaud.
 * 3) To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
 * 4) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
 * 5)  To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with.
 * 6) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
 * 7) To set or put, usually in haste.
 * 8)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 9)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1)  To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with.
 * 2) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
 * 3) To set or put, usually in haste.
 * 4)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 5)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
 * 2) To set or put, usually in haste.
 * 3)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 4)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1) To set or put, usually in haste.
 * 2)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 3)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 2)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 2)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
 * 1)  To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
 * 2)  To have sex, fornicate, copulate.

Translations

 * Arabic: صَفَّق
 * Belarusian: пля́скаць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: fer mans balletes,
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: klappa
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מחא כף
 * Japanese: 手を叩く
 * Macedonian: плеска
 * Malayalam: കൈയ്യടിക്കുക,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: bater palmas
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: tlieskať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: dar palmas,
 * Thai: ตบมือ
 * Ukrainian: плеска́ти


 * Arabic: صَفَّقَ
 * Belarusian: пля́скаць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: klaki, aplaŭdi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κροτέω
 * Hebrew: מחא כפיים
 * Hindi: ताली बजाना
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: چەپڵە لێدان
 * Macedonian: ракоплеска, аплауди́ра
 * Malayalam: കൈയ്യടിക്കുക,
 * Maori: pakipaki
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: tlieskať
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , batir palmas, dar palmas, hacer palmas, ,
 * Thai: ปรบมือ, ตบมือ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, плеска́ти, рукоплеска́ти


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * German:
 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: ля́скати, ля́снути


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: сплескува


 * French: ,
 * Occitan:

Etymology 2
. Probably from, from. May also be from old, unsafe treatments for gonnorhea, such as clapping the penis between a book and a hard surface to break up obstructions in the urethra and permit urination. Attested from the 16th century.

Noun

 * 1)  Gonorrhea.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: трипер
 * Catalan: purgacions
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Macedonian: трипер
 * Norwegian: dryppert
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) patch
 * 2) clearing, opening

Noun

 * 1) clapperboard

Noun

 * 1) stone