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Past tense for to applaud, especially in approval or admiration
“Not only did they clap enthusiastically, but they also shouted, snapped their fingers, and created an appreciative atmosphere.”
Past tense for to hit or strike someone or something
“People rushed over to clap Jeff on the back, hug Bethany, and congratulate the both of them.”
(informal) Past tense for to put someone or something somewhere, or in a given place
“The mayor of this place has had the impudence to seize a captain in your Majesty's service, clap him in prison, and refuses to surrender him to me, his commander.”
Past tense for to flap audibly, especially wings (of a bird or similar species)
“At the sound, the birds rise and clap their wide, black wings.”
(close around or over) Past tense for to come into contact with (something) so as to grasp and hold it
Past tense for to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises
Past tense for to restrain with chains or manacles
Past tense for to impose or inflict something undesirable on someone
Past tense for to touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand
Past tense for to securely fasten something (to something else)
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