[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clap \clap\ kla^p, n.
   1. a loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "give the
      door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole
      room." --swift.
      1913 webster

   2. a burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
      1913 webster

            horrible claps of thunder.            --hakewill.
      1913 webster

   3. a single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
      1913 webster

            what, fifty of my followers at a clap --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. a striking of hands to express approbation.
      1913 webster

            unextrected claps or hisses.          --addison.
      1913 webster

   5. noisy talk; chatter. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   6. falconry the nether part of the beak of a hawk.
      1913 webster

   clap dish. see clack dish, under clack, n.

   clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap
      together.
      1913 webster
see also:
clap dish clack dish clack clap net 

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