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单词 clap
释义

clap

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • Audio (US, Northern California)(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa. Doublet of clepe and yclept.

Noun

clap (plural claps)

Two men clapping.
  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
    He summoned the waiter with a clap.
  2. The explosive sound of thunder.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630:
      The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
    Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
    • 1731 (date written, published 1745)​, Jonathan Swift, “Directions to Servants”, in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], volume XVI, new edition, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, OCLC 1184656746:
      Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.
  4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
    His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
  5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:
      What, fifty of my followers at a clap!
    • 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939:
      But it took him a long time to get down-stairs, and a still longer to undo the fastenings, repenting (I dare say) and taken with fresh claps of fear at every second step and every bolt and bar.
  6. (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
  7. (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) [1]
    • 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.”
Synonyms
  • (sound of thunder): thunderclap
  • See also Thesaurus:applause
Derived terms
  • after-clap
  • clapalong
  • clapboard
  • clapbread
  • clapdish
  • clap-gate
  • clap net
  • clap net
  • clapometer
  • clap-o-meter
  • clap-sill
  • claptrap
  • fairy clap
  • golf clap
  • lip clap
  • slow clap
  • thunderclap
  • clap skate
Translations

Verb

clap (third-person singular simple present claps, present participle clapping, simple past and past participle clapped or (archaic) clapt)

  1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
    The children began to clap in time with the music.
  2. To applaud.
    The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
    It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.
  3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
    He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
  4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
    He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
    She clapped the book shut.
    He clapped across the floor in his boots.
    • 1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden
      Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Concerned in a Dangerous Adventure with a Certain Gardener; […]”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541, page 49, column 1:
      [...] Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.
    1. (slang) To have sex.
      clap alien cheeks
  5. (obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
    • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene v]:
    • 1677, John Dryden, All for Love or, The world well lost:
      The doors around me clapped.
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, letter 119:
      Her fear gave her strength; she threw Laura away, and clapped to the door.
  6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
    We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
    The rival factions clapped up a truce.
  7. To set or put, usually in haste.
    The sheriff clapped him in jail.
    She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
    • 1693, [John Locke], “§138”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482:
      He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
    • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559961973:
      Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.
  8. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
  9. (slang) To fornicate, copulate.
Derived terms
  • beclap
  • clap back
  • clap eyes on
  • clap hold of
  • clap in
  • clap net
  • clap on
  • clap out
  • clapped out
  • clapper
  • clapping
  • clap up
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.[2][3]

Noun

clap

  1. (slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea.
    • 1821 [c. 1580], Alexander Montgomerie, “The Flyting”, in The Poems of Alexander Montgomery‎, page 115:
      With the mischiefe of the melt and maw, / The clape and the canker,—
    • 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, OCLC 1023879857, page 172:
      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.
    • 1972, Richard Hooker, MASH‎, page 32:
      “What in hell makes you think he's got the clap?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka
    • 1980, Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, page 295:
      He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.
    • 1998, Dan Savage, Savage Love, page 229:
      When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap, he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.
    • [2006, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn, The STDs Update, page 40:
      Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap, is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.]
Translations

References

  1. Edward Peacock, A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire, p 188
  2. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  3. “clap”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • calp

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈklap/

Noun

clap m (plural claps)

  1. patch
  2. clearing, opening
    un clap de cel ― a break in the clouds

Derived terms

  • a claps
  • clapar
  • clapa

Further reading

  • “clap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klap/
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Noun

clap m (plural claps)

  1. clapperboard

Middle English

Noun

clap

  1. Alternative form of clappe

Verb

clap

  1. 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): /ˈklap/

Noun

clap m (plural claps)

  1. stone

Derived terms

  • aclapar
  • aclap
  • clapàs
  • clapassièr
  • clapassejar
  • clapassilha
  • clapièr
  • clapilha
  • clapeirar
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