clapping
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- noun
- /ˈklæpɪŋ/
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aplausos
- Her speech ended with a moment of silence, followed by a burst of clapping from the crowd.
Young men's counters, young men's clapping young men's.
- Young men's counters, young men's clapping young men's.
- It is a average day with an average clap from America's greatest legal mind.
- No, the I hipsters oppose limp Dick claps.
Examples
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At the theater, the clapping continued for several minutes, celebrating the actors' great work.
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And although we will not have any clapping in the chamber.
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The swell of applause, the hand clappings, the inciting fragments of phrases.
Fiction book (1997) -
Unison Tapping and Clapping.
Academic text (2000) -
The audience showed their appreciation with enthusiastic clapping after the performance.
Synonyms
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Clapping hands to show you like or approve something
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Clapping by many people to show approval
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Shouts and applause from a crowd to show support
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A short time when many people clap to show approval
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A long loud round of clapping by people to show strong approval
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A sharp sound made by hitting your palms together to show approval
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Loud applause from an audience to show strong approval
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A short clap of the hands to show approval or appreciation
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Loud enthusiastic praise that a group gives
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Striking the palms of your hands together repeatedly to show approval or admiration
Antonyms
Compounds
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Striking the palms of your hands together repeatedly to show approval or admiration
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word clapping comes from the simple sound word clap, which copies the sharp 'clap' noise your hands make when they hit together. So clapping is making that short sound with your hands to show approval.