"handclapping" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: handclappings [plural]
Etymology: From hand + clapping. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|clapping}} hand + clapping Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handclapping (countable and uncountable, plural handclappings)
  1. The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (activity of clapping hands): 拍手 (pāishǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), handgeklap [neuter] (Dutch), taputus (Finnish), käsien taputus (Finnish), kätten taputus (Finnish), talampi (Tagalog), palakpak (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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