clap - English word #769

Translation

To hit your two hands together to make a sound, often to show you are happy.

Word origin

From Old English claeppan, copying the sound of hands hitting together.

Verb typeregular (clap, claps, clapped)

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Here "clap" means to hit your hands together.

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"Claps" is the form used with he, she, or it.

singer.

"Clapped" is the past form of "clap".

hand

The part of your body at the end of your arm, with fingers and a thumb.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

happy

Feeling glad and pleased.

music

Pleasant sounds made by singing or by playing instruments.

together

With each other, as a group, in the same place at the same time.

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