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clap
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klapp?n?. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa.
Noun
clap (plural claps)
- 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.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- 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)
- 1890, John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire, page 139
- “Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”
- 1890, John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire, page 139
Synonyms
- (sound of thunder): thunderclap
- See also Thesaurus:applause
Derived terms
- clapalong
- clapboard
- clapbread
- clapdish
- clap-gate
- clap-net
- clap of thunder
- clapometer
- clap-sill
- claptrap
- thunderclap
Related terms
- clap skate
Translations
Verb
clap (third-person singular simple present claps, present participle clapping, simple past and past participle clapped or (archaic) clapt)
- 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.
- 1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden
- Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.
- 1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden
- To come together suddenly with noise.
- 1677, John Dryden, All for Love
- The doors around me clapped.
- 1677, John Dryden, All for Love
- To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
- To set or put, usually in haste.
- He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
- Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
Derived terms
- beclap
- clap eyes on
- clap hold of
- clap on
- clap up
- clapped out
- clapper
- clapping
Translations
See also
- applaud
- applause
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”). Attested from the 16th century.
Noun
clap (plural claps)
- (slang, with "the") Gonorrhea.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- calp
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?klap/
Noun
clap m (plural claps)
- patch
Further reading
- “clap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klap/
Noun
clap m (plural claps)
- clapperboard
Middle English
Etymology 1
A back-formation from clappen.
Noun
clap
- Alternative form of clappe
Etymology 2
From Old English clæppan.
Verb
clap
- Alternative form of clappen
Occitan
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klap/
Noun
clap m (plural claps)
- stone
Derived terms
- aclapar
- aclap
- clapàs
- clapassièr
- clapassejar
- clapassilha
- clapièr
- clapilha
- clapeirar
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blare
English
Etymology
From Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren (“to bleat, cry, bawl, shout”) (Dutch blèren). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bleat, cry”). Compare Dutch blaren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Homophones: blair, Blair
Noun
blare (countable and uncountable, plural blares)
- A loud sound.
- I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
- Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
Translations
Verb
blare (third-person singular simple present blares, present participle blaring, simple past and past participle blared)
- (intransitive) To make a loud sound.
- The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
- (transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine
- to blare its own interpretation
- 2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook (page 159)
- Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine
Translations
Anagrams
- Alber, Baler, Laber, Rabel, abler, baler, belar, blear
Afrikaans
Noun
blare
- plural of blaar
Dalmatian
Verb
blare
- Alternative form of vular
Dutch
Verb
blare
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaren
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