hand clapping
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- noun
- /hænd ˈklæpɪŋ/
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aplausos
- The audience erupted in hand clapping after the amazing performance.
But if I do this, you eventually hear, you hear my hand clapping much more rapidly.
- But if I do this, you eventually hear, you hear my hand clapping much more rapidly.
Examples
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We demonstrated traditional drumming rhythms and pieces and led workshops focused on hand clapping, simple drumming, and non-pitched percussion techniques.
Academic text (2003) -
It's a song-singing, hand-clapping, full-fledged, old-fashioned revival that's sweeping the country.
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But the toast brought calls of "L'hayim!" and some hand-clapping.
Fiction book (1993) -
Foot stomping, hand clapping, rhythmic singing that was heavily influenced by Southern gospel.
Blog text (25) -
In place of instrumental music, they used singing, hand clapping, and foot tapping to enable the members of the group to move together and make the activity more exciting and satisfying.
Academic text (1997) -
When people did the dance, there was hand clapping, and the entire congregation experienced a shift in energy as song and movement created an ecstatic state that penetrated the moment.
Academic text (1994) -
With the development of the rhythmic system comes the love of rhythmic games such as jumping rope with verses, rhythmic hand clapping, and throwing balls to the accompaniment.
Academic text (1992) -
She received a warm welcome, complete with hand clapping and cheers from the crowd.
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After the speech, there was a loud wave of hand clapping to show appreciation.
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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Loud applause from an audience to show strong approval
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Loud shouts from a group to show approval or encouragement
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A sound made by people hitting their hands together to show approval
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A short clap of the hands to show approval or appreciation
Making a sound by hitting your hands together to show approval or during games and music
Antonyms
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'hand clapping' is directly built from the literal constituents 'hand' (the palm/body part) and 'clap'/'clapping' (to strike the palms), so its meaning — striking the palms together to applaud — is transparently derivable. This simple compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English noun+gerund formation, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the words.
Etymology
Hand clapping comes from the simple image of people hitting their hands together to make a loud sound. That sound shows 'approval' or 'admiration', so the phrase means 'to show approval'.