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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; <as>as, to <ex>clap</ex> a performance</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To clap hands</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To pledge faith by joining hands. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>To express contempt or derision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lam. ii. 15.</i>

<cs><col>To clap hold of</col>, <cd>to seize roughly or quickly.</cd> -- <col>To clap up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To imprison hastily or without due formality.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To make or contrive hastily.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Was ever match <i>clapped up</i> so suddenly?"

<i>Shak.</i></cs>

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<hw>Clap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To knock, as at a door.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike the hands together in applause.</def>

<blockquote>Their ladies bid them <b>clap</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To come together suddenly with noise.</def>

<blockquote>The doors around me <b>clapped</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with <i>to</i> or</def> <i>into</i>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Shall we <i>clap</i> into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?"

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Clap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.</def> "Give the door such a <i>clap</i>, as you go out, as will shake the whole room."

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.</def>

<blockquote>Horrible <b>claps</b> of thunder. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.</def>

<blockquote>What, fifty of my followers at a <b>clap</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A striking of hands to express approbation.</def>

<blockquote>Unextrected <b>claps</b> or hisses. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Noisy talk; chatter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>