unclap
English
Etymology
un- + clap
Verb
unclap (third-person singular simple present unclaps, present participle unclapping, simple past and past participle unclapped)
- (transitive) To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar).
- 2013, Jennifer Echols, Playing Dirty (page 21)
- He unclapped the hand over his mouth to announce, “The PR chick is enormous and scary, with pink hair.”
- 2016, Darcy Woods, Summer of Supernovas (page 234)
- I slowly nod, afraid to unclap my hand from my mouth, afraid of the words that might spill out: […]
- 2013, Jennifer Echols, Playing Dirty (page 21)