clap
suomi-englanti sanakirjaclap englannista suomeksi
osoittaa suosiota, taputtaa käsiään
pauke, räsähdys, jyrähdys
tippuri
läpättää
läimäyttää
pamauttaa
paiskata
räpyttää
taputtaa
kalke
clap englanniksi
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
(ux)
The explosive sound of thunder.
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses)
(quote-journal)
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
(RQ:Swift Directions to Servants)
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
(RQ:Shakespeare King Lear)
(RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)
A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Edward Peacock, ''A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire'', p 188
{{quote-book|en|year=1890|author=John Nicholson|title=Folk Lore of East Yorkshire|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=tw0naTcLHeMC&pg=PA139&dq=clap&as_brr=1&ei=pGvbRtu_E4SipgL0peiSCw|page=139
To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
To applaud.
To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
(quote-text)
(RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)|page=134|passage=(..) Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.
To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with (m).
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1)
(RQ:Dryden All For Love)
{{quote-text|en|year=1792|author=Thomas Holcroft|title=Anna St. Ives|section=vol. VII, letter 119
To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by ''up'' or ''together'').
{{RQ:Locke Education|138
(RQ:Lamb Essays of Elia)
To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
To defeat.
(quote-book)
(RQ:Heller Catch-22)
(uxi)
(alt form)