clap

Examples

• All

• The bastard gave me the clap once.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I had a case of the clap two years ago.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Mexico is where I got the Clap.

  Sanctum (2011)

• Last time he was here, he had the clap.

  Paradise (1991)

• I hope you get the clap.

  The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)

• After World War I, the only thing we brought back from France was the clap.

  Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)

• I think old Swigert gave me the clap.

  Apollo 13 (1995)

• Miguel certainly had the clap.

  Cougar Hunting (2011)

• Try not to get the clap. "Bye, honey," she said, and kissed him on the cheek.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The trouble began when Joao Cabafume caught the clap from that shameless hussy Minguinha.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

G

gonorrhea

vsclap

• Specialized

30 7.4

An infection spread by sex that causes pain and fluid to come from the genitals

is an informal slang term used for the same medical illness

G

gonococcus

vsclap

• Specialized

9.9

A kind of bacteria that causes gonorrhea, an infection spread by sex that produces pus

refers to the illness informally rather than to the bacterium

N

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

vsclap

• Specialized

8.6

A type of bacteria that causes gonorrhea, an infection people get during sex

refers informally to the illness rather than to the bacterial species

Idioms

A

a dose of the clap

• Offensive

9.9

A thing that is very unpleasant or embarrassing, like a joke that is not funny

Surface Forms

Etymology