clap

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klæp/ Rhymes: -æp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, *clappian, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan, *klappōn, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną (“to clap”). Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, Faroese klappa and Danish klappe. ==== 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. 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) ===== Synonyms ===== (sound of thunder): thunderclap See also Thesaurus:applause ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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) (intransitive) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. Synonyms: applaud, beclap (transitive) To applaud. Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, hurrah; see also Thesaurus:cheer (transitive) To slap with the hand in a jovial manner. (ambitransitive) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound. (obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to. (transitive) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together). (transitive) To set or put, usually in haste. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun. (by extension, transitive, slang) To defeat. (slang) To have sex, fornicate, copulate. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== applaud applause === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”). May also be from old, unsafe treatments for gonorrhea, 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 ==== clap (slang, usually with "the") Synonym of gonorrhea. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === calp == Catalan == === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly related to Occitan clap (“stone”) below, which see. The sense evolution would be ‘stone/rock/stone heap’ > ‘stony spot/patch in terrain’ > ‘patch/area distinguished from surroundings.’ === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈklap] === Noun === clap m (plural claps) patch clearing, opening un clap de cel ― a break in the clouds ==== Derived terms ==== a claps clapar ==== Related terms ==== clapa === Further reading === “clap”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klap/ === Noun === clap m (plural claps) clapperboard == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== clap alternative form of clappe === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== clap alternative form of clappen == Occitan == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *klappo, considered to either be from a Pre-Indo-European substrate or instead derived from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cleave, split”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklap/ === Noun === clap m (plural claps) stone Synonyms: pèira, ròc ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klap/ Rhymes: -ap === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle English clappe. ==== Noun ==== clap m (plural clapiau or claps, diminutive clepyn) clap, clack, slap Synonyms: clec, clep, slap mishap, booboo Synonym: aflwydd gossip, tattle Synonyms: clec, straeon, mân siarad telltale, tattler Synonyms: llechgi, straegi, clebryn lump, knob, node Synonyms: talp, cnap, cainc, cnot ===== Derived terms ===== clap siwgr (“sugar lump”) clapgi (“gossiper, tattler”) clo clap (“padlock”) troed glap (“clubfoot”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English clap. ==== Noun ==== y clap m the clap, gonorrhea Synonym: gonorea === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clap”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clap”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies