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To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
To express contempt or derision.
To knock, as at a door.
To strike the hands together in applause.
To come together suddenly with noise.
To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
A striking of hands to express approbation.
Noisy talk; chatter.
The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Gonorrhea.
A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.
A stave for a cask.
To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.
Alt. of Clapcake
Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
A bird; the flicker.