Antonyms for clap

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : klap

Phonetic Transcription : klæp

Definition of clap

Origin : Old English clæppan "to throb, beat," common West Germanic, echoic (cf. Old Frisian klapa "to beat," Old Norse klappa, Old High German klaphon, German klappen, Old Saxon klapunga). Meaning "to strike or knock" is from c.1300. Meaning "to make a sharp noise" is late 14c. Of hands, to beat them together to get attention or express joy, from late 14c. To clap (someone) on the back is from 1520s. Related: Clapped; clapping.

noun loud hitting noise
verb applaud; slap with approbation

Example sentences :

He wanted to curse and swear, and had to clap his hands on his mouth to prevent it.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

From outside I thought it was beautiful, and I began to clap my hands on reaching the house.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

But the clap of thunder came on the very night of the nuptials.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Throw off your moorings, then, and clap on sail, for we must go.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

At the first clap of thunder, Mademoiselle Remanjou made the sign of the cross.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

An instant's lull there was, like the lull in nature that precedes a clap of thunder.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

But if we cut off any stragglers, we could clap hands on them and bring them back to you.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

“We might go and look at the men with the clap nets,” Chebron answered.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

For an instant there was a silence much like the silence that follows a clap of thunder.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

Certainly, you may stay as long as you like, and you may clap when you please.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for clap

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