"clap" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klæp/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: claps [plural]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clappen}} Middle English clappen, {{inh|en|ang|clæppan}} Old English clæppan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klappōną}} Proto-Germanic *klappōną, {{cog|nl|klappen}} Dutch klappen, {{cog|is|klappa}} Icelandic klappa, {{cog|fo|klappa}} Faroese klappa Head templates: {{en-noun}} clap (plural claps)
  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. Translations (The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together): κρότος (krótos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تَصْفِيق (taṣfīq) [masculine] (Arabic), صَفَّق (ṣaffag) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ծափ (capʿ) (Armenian), ܟ̰ܲܦܵܐ (čāppa) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), چاپ (cáp) (Baluchi), пляскане (pljaskane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ръкопляскане (rǎkopljaskane) (Bulgarian), aplaudiment (Catalan), bāter (Emilian), klapping [feminine] (Faroese), klappan [feminine] (Faroese), Klatschen [neuter] (German), מְחִיאַת כַּף (meẖiát kaf) [feminine] (Hebrew), taps (Hungarian), tapsol (Hungarian), battere (Italian), pacca [feminine] (Italian), 手拍子 (te-byōshi) (Japanese), 拍手 (hakushu) (Japanese), ракоплескање (rakopleskanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), കൊട്ട് (koṭṭŭ) (Malayalam), കൈയ്യടി (kaiyyaṭi) (Malayalam), കൈകൊട്ട് (kaikoṭṭŭ) (Malayalam), കരഘോഷം (karaghōṣaṁ) (Malayalam), pakipaki (Maori), klask [masculine] (Polish), palma [feminine] (Portuguese), хлопок (xlopok) (Russian), рукоплескание (rukopleskanije) (Russian), palma (Spanish), aplauso (Spanish), కరతాళము (karatāḷamu) (Telugu), pàtẹ́wọ́ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-JUJVh425 Disambiguation of 'The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together': 83 0 9 2 2 1 2
  2. The explosive sound of thunder. Categories (topical): Sounds Synonyms (sound of thunder): thunderclap
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-a63Lj47d Disambiguation of Sounds: 2 16 17 1 1 2 10 4 9 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 7 Disambiguation of 'sound of thunder': 0 88 6 0 0 0 5
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (Any loud, sudden, explosive sound): хлопване (hlopvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), трясък (trjasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Knall [masculine] (German), Schlag [masculine] (German), тресок (tresok) [masculine] (Macedonian), ഘോഷം (ghōṣaṁ) (Malayalam), estouro [masculine] (Portuguese), хлопок (xlopok) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-CqvSySQD Disambiguation of Sounds: 2 16 17 1 1 2 10 4 9 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 7 Disambiguation of 'Any loud, sudden, explosive sound': 6 7 64 1 14 1 6
  4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner. Translations (slap with the hand): boiseog [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-U5foAJOM Disambiguation of 'slap with the hand': 15 0 0 85 0 0 0
  5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-k3mDfSS0
  6. (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-6GcHR8SC Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  7. (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Tags: Yorkshire Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sounds
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-etwOZWkg Disambiguation of Bacterial diseases: 3 2 4 1 1 4 20 13 6 3 8 6 4 7 3 7 6 Disambiguation of Sexually transmitted diseases: 3 1 4 1 1 4 17 19 7 2 9 8 3 9 2 6 4 Disambiguation of Sounds: 2 16 17 1 1 2 10 4 9 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 7 Categories (other): Yorkshire English, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 4 2 7 2 1 5 19 8 1 11 9 3 10 1 10 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 4 0 0 4 18 16 9 1 12 10 3 11 1 6 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: clap skate

Noun

IPA: /klæp/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg [Northern-California, US]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”). May also be from old, unsafe treatments for gonnorhea, such as clapping the penis between a book and a hard surface to break up obstructions in the urethra and permit urination. Attested from the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|fro|clapoir||bubo, inflammation from infection}} Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), {{m|fro|clapier||brothel}} clapier (“brothel”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} clap
  1. (slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea. Tags: slang, usually, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Sexually transmitted diseases Translations (gonorrhea): трипер (triper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), purgacions [feminine, plural] (Catalan), druiper (Dutch), tippuri (Finnish), chtouille [feminine] (French), chaude-pisse [feminine] (French), Tripper (German), трипер (triper) [masculine] (Macedonian), dryppert (Norwegian), wiewiór [masculine] (Polish), tryper [masculine] (Polish), гоноре́я (gonoréja) (Russian), purgaciones [feminine, plural] (Spanish), clap [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-noun-Kmrtt4do Disambiguation of Sexually transmitted diseases: 3 1 4 1 1 4 17 19 7 2 9 8 3 9 2 6 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 4 0 0 4 18 16 9 1 12 10 3 11 1 6 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /klæp/ Audio: En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg [Northern-California, US] Forms: claps [present, singular, third-person], clapping [participle, present], clapped [participle, past], clapped [past], clapt [archaic, participle, past], clapt [archaic, past]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clappen}} Middle English clappen, {{inh|en|ang|clæppan}} Old English clæppan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klappōną}} Proto-Germanic *klappōną, {{cog|nl|klappen}} Dutch klappen, {{cog|is|klappa}} Icelandic klappa, {{cog|fo|klappa}} Faroese klappa Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=clapt|past2_qual=archaic}} clap (third-person singular simple present claps, present participle clapping, simple past and past participle clapped or (archaic) clapt)
  1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound. Translations (To strike the palms of the hands together): صَفَّق (ṣaffaq) (Arabic), пля́скаць (pljáskacʹ) (Belarusian), пляскам (pljaskam) (Bulgarian), ръкопляскам (rǎkopljaskam) (Bulgarian), fer mans balletes (Catalan), aplaudir (Catalan), ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ (dasidvniha) (Cherokee), tleskat (Czech), klappen (Dutch), klappa (Faroese), taputtaa (Finnish), klatschen (German), כַּף מָחָא (maẖá kaf) (Hebrew), 手を叩く (te wo tataku) (Japanese), плеска (pleska) (Macedonian), കൈയ്യടിക്കുക (kaiyyaṭikkuka) (Malayalam), കൈകൊട്ടുക (kaikoṭṭuka) (Malayalam), klaskać (Polish), bater palmas (Portuguese), хло́пать (xlópatʹ) (Russian), хло́пнуть (xlópnutʹ) (Russian), pljeskati (Serbo-Croatian), tlieskať (Slovak), ploskati (Slovene), dar palmas (Spanish), aplaudir (Spanish), ตบมือ (dtòp-mʉʉ) (Thai), плеска́ти (pleskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-1RN5ZFgG Disambiguation of 'To strike the palms of the hands together': 78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3
  2. To applaud. Translations (To applaud by clapping the hands): κροτέω (krotéō) (Ancient Greek), صَفَّقَ (ṣaffaqa) (Arabic), пля́скаць (pljáskacʹ) (Belarusian), аплодирам (aplodiram) (Bulgarian), aplaudir (Catalan), چەپڵە لێدان (çeplle lêdan) (Central Kurdish), ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ (dasidvniha) (Cherokee), 拍手 (pāishǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), tleskat (Czech), applaudisseren (Dutch), klappen (Dutch), klaki (Esperanto), aplaŭdi (Esperanto), taputtaa (Finnish), applaudir (French), klatschen (German), applaudieren (German), χειροκροτώ (cheirokrotó) (Greek), מחא כפיים (makhá kapayim) (Hebrew), ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā) (Hindi), tapsol (Hungarian), applaudire (Italian), 拍手する (hakushu suru) (alt: はくしゅする) (Japanese), ракоплеска (rakopleska) (Macedonian), аплауди́ра (aplaudíra) (Macedonian), കൈയ്യടിക്കുക (kaiyyaṭikkuka) (Malayalam), കൈകൊട്ടുക (kaikoṭṭuka) (Malayalam), pakipaki (Maori), klaskać (Polish), bić brawo [imperfective] (Polish), aplaudir (Portuguese), аплоди́ровать (aplodírovatʹ) (Russian), хло́пать (xlópatʹ) (Russian), pljeskati (Serbo-Croatian), tlieskať (Slovak), ploskati (Slovene), aplaudir (Spanish), palmotear (Spanish), batir palmas (Spanish), dar palmas (Spanish), hacer palmas (Spanish), ovacionar (Spanish), palmear (Spanish), ปรบมือ (bpròp-mʉʉ) (Thai), ตบมือ (dtòp-mʉʉ) (Thai), şak (Turkish), аплодува́ти (aploduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), плеска́ти (pleskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), рукоплеска́ти (rukopleskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-Gy1Tp3Iu Disambiguation of 'To applaud by clapping the hands': 16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5
  3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-P~O65AXH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 4 0 0 4 18 16 9 1 12 10 3 11 1 6 1
  4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound. Translations (To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound): хлопвам (hlopvam) (Bulgarian), тряскам (trjaskam) (Bulgarian), knallen (German), хло́пать (xlópatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), хло́пнуть (xlópnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ля́скати (ljáskaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ля́снути (ljásnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-w9tzE5Lb Disambiguation of 'To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound': 15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1
  5. (obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-BsnZv-M-
  6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together). Translations (To create or assemble (something) hastily): скалъпвам (skalǎpvam) (Bulgarian), improvisieren (German), zusammenbasteln (German), сплескува (spleskuva) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-5bgGTQ9N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 4 0 0 4 18 16 9 1 12 10 3 11 1 6 1 Disambiguation of 'To create or assemble (something) hastily': 3 1 2 4 1 80 2 1 6
  7. To set or put, usually in haste. Translations (To set or put, usually in haste): jeter (French), balancer (French), ronçar (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-FD3-O9Wq Disambiguation of 'To set or put, usually in haste': 0 1 2 1 1 9 84 0 1
  8. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-sJo~SsRg Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
  9. (slang) To have sex, fornicate, copulate. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clap-en-verb-dDorglXJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: applaud, applause

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "aplaudiment"
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          "lang": "Emilian",
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          "word": "bāter"
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
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          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
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          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Klatschen"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "krótos",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "κρότος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "meẖiát kaf",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מְחִיאַת כַּף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "taps"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "tapsol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "battere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pacca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "te-byōshi",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "手拍子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakushu",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "拍手"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rakopleskanje",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ракоплескање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "koṭṭŭ",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "കൊട്ട്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaiyyaṭi",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "കൈയ്യടി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaikoṭṭŭ",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "കൈകൊട്ട്"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "karaghōṣaṁ",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "കരഘോഷം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "pakipaki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klask"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlopok",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "хлопок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukopleskanije",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "рукоплескание"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "palma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "aplauso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "karatāḷamu",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "కరతాళము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 0 9 2 2 1 2",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
          "word": "pàtẹ́wọ́"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 16 17 1 1 2 10 4 9 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 7",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Sounds",
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            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The explosive sound of thunder."
      ],
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          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ],
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        }
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            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hlopvane",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "хлопване"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trjasǎk",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "трясък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Knall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tresok",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тресок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ghōṣaṁ",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "word": "ഘോഷം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estouro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 7 64 1 14 1 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlopok",
          "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
          "word": "хлопок"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-clap-en-noun-U5foAJOM",
      "links": [
        [
          "slap",
          "slap"
        ],
        [
          "jovial",
          "jovial"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 0 0 85 0 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "slap with the hand",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "boiseog"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow."
      ],
      "id": "en-clap-en-noun-k3mDfSS0"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Falconry",
          "orig": "en:Falconry",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The nether part of the beak of a hawk."
      ],
      "id": "en-clap-en-noun-6GcHR8SC",
      "links": [
        [
          "falconry",
          "falconry"
        ],
        [
          "nether",
          "nether"
        ],
        [
          "beak",
          "beak"
        ],
        [
          "hawk",
          "hawk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "falconry",
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yorkshire English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "4 2 7 2 1 5 19 8 1 11 9 3 10 1 10 5",
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          "name": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 4 0 0 4 18 16 9 1 12 10 3 11 1 6 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Bacterial diseases",
          "orig": "en:Bacterial diseases",
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            "Diseases",
            "Disease",
            "Health",
            "Pathology",
            "Body",
            "Medicine",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "3 1 4 1 1 4 17 19 7 2 9 8 3 9 2 6 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sexually transmitted diseases",
          "orig": "en:Sexually transmitted diseases",
          "parents": [
            "Diseases",
            "Disease",
            "Health",
            "Pathology",
            "Body",
            "Medicine",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 16 17 1 1 2 10 4 9 4 3 9 3 3 3 4 7",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sounds",
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            "Sound",
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1890, John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire, page 139",
          "text": "Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)"
      ],
      "id": "en-clap-en-noun-etwOZWkg",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "dung",
          "dung"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Yorkshire"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/klæp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æp"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg/En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg",
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        "Northern-California",
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US, Northern California)"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap net"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and then everyone clapped"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and then everyone on the bus clapped"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beclap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap back"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap cheeks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap eyes on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap hold of"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap in"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap on"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clapped out"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clapper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clapping"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clap up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "everyone clapped"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "clappen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English clappen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "klappen"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "klappa"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic klappa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "klappa"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "clapping",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "clapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "archaic",
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "past2": "clapt",
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "applaud"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "applause"
    }
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        {
          "text": "The children began to clap in time with the music.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound."
      ],
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        [
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣaffaq",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "صَفَّق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pljáskacʹ",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "пля́скаць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pljaskam",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "пляскам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rǎkopljaskam",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "ръкопляскам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "fer mans balletes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "aplaudir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "dasidvniha",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "tleskat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "klappen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "klappa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "taputtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "klatschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "maẖá kaf",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "כַּף מָחָא"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "te wo tataku",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "手を叩く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pleska",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "плеска"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaiyyaṭikkuka",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "കൈയ്യടിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaikoṭṭuka",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "കൈകൊട്ടുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "klaskać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "bater palmas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópatʹ",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "хло́пать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópnutʹ",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "хло́пнуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "pljeskati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "tlieskať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "ploskati"
        },
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          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
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          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
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          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtòp-mʉʉ",
          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
          "word": "ตบมือ"
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          "_dis1": "78 2 5 5 0 4 1 0 3",
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          "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣaffaqa",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "صَفَّقَ"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "roman": "pljáskacʹ",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "пля́скаць"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "aplodiram",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "аплодирам"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "aplaudir"
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          "roman": "dasidvniha",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ"
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǔzhǎng",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "鼓掌"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "tleskat"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "applaudisseren"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "klappen"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "fi",
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "applaudir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "klatschen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "el",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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          "roman": "makhá kapayim",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "מחא כפיים"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "tālī bajānā",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ताली बजाना"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "tapsol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "alt": "はくしゅする",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakushu suru",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "拍手する"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "çeplle lêdan",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "چەپڵە لێدان"
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          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rakopleska",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ракоплеска"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "roman": "aplaudíra",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "аплауди́ра"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaiyyaṭikkuka",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "കൈയ്യടിക്കുക"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kaikoṭṭuka",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "കൈകൊട്ടുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "pakipaki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "klaskać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bić brawo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "aplaudir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aplodírovatʹ",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "аплоди́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópatʹ",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "хло́пать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "pljeskati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "tlieskať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ploskati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "aplaudir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "dar palmas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ovacionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "palmear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpròp-mʉʉ",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ปรบมือ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dtòp-mʉʉ",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "ตบมือ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "word": "şak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "aploduváty",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "аплодува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pleskáty",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "плеска́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 64 8 2 1 1 2 0 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rukopleskáty",
          "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "text": "He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.",
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          "text": "He clapped the empty glass down on the table.",
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        {
          "text": "She clapped the book shut.",
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        {
          "text": "He clapped across the floor in his boots.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden",
          "text": "Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.",
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        "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound."
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hlopvam",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
          "word": "хлопвам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trjaskam",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
          "word": "тряскам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
          "word": "knallen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópatʹ",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
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          ],
          "word": "хло́пать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlópnutʹ",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "хло́пнуть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
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          "roman": "ljáskaty",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
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          "_dis1": "15 1 3 73 1 4 1 2 1",
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          "roman": "ljásnuty",
          "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
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          "ref": "1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, letter 119",
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        "(obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to."
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          "text": "We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "The rival factions clapped up a truce.",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 1 80 2 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "skalǎpvam",
          "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
          "word": "скалъпвам"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 1 80 2 1 6",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
          "word": "improvisieren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 1 80 2 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
          "word": "zusammenbasteln"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 2 4 1 80 2 1 6",
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          "roman": "spleskuva",
          "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
          "word": "сплескува"
        }
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          "text": "She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.",
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          "word": "jeter"
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          "lang": "French",
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 2 1 1 9 84 0 1",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "To set or put, usually in haste",
          "word": "ronçar"
        }
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      "word": "klappan"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "מְחִיאַת כַּף"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "taps"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "tapsol"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "word": "battere"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "word": "കൊട്ട്"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "word": "കരഘോഷം"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "word": "pakipaki"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "klask"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "palma"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "xlopok",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "word": "aplauso"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "karatāḷamu",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "word": "కరతాళము"
    },
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      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together",
      "word": "pàtẹ́wọ́"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "hlopvane",
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      "word": "хлопване"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "трясък"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Knall"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Schlag"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "tresok",
      "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "ghōṣaṁ",
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      "word": "ഘോഷം"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "estouro"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "xlopok",
      "sense": "Any loud, sudden, explosive sound",
      "word": "хлопок"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "slap with the hand",
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      "word": "and then everyone clapped"
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      "word": "and then everyone on the bus clapped"
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      "word": "clap back"
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      "word": "clap cheeks"
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      "word": "clap hold of"
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          "text": "The children began to clap in time with the music.",
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          "text": "It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.",
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          "text": "He clapped across the floor in his boots.",
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          "ref": "1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden",
          "text": "Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.",
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        "(obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to."
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      "glosses": [
        "To shoot (somebody) with a gun."
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣaffaq",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "صَفَّق"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pljáskacʹ",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "пля́скаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pljaskam",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "пляскам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎkopljaskam",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "ръкопляскам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "fer mans balletes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "aplaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "dasidvniha",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "tleskat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "klappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "klappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "taputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "klatschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maẖá kaf",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "כַּף מָחָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "te wo tataku",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "手を叩く"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pleska",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "плеска"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaiyyaṭikkuka",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "കൈയ്യടിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaikoṭṭuka",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "കൈകൊട്ടുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "klaskać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "bater palmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópatʹ",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "хло́пать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópnutʹ",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "хло́пнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "pljeskati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "tlieskať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "ploskati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "dar palmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "aplaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtòp-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "word": "ตบมือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pleskáty",
      "sense": "To strike the palms of the hands together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плеска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣaffaqa",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "صَفَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pljáskacʹ",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "пля́скаць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "aplodiram",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "аплодирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "aplaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "dasidvniha",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ᏓᏏᏛᏂᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pāishǒu",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "拍手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔzhǎng",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "鼓掌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "tleskat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "applaudisseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "klappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "klaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "aplaŭdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "taputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "applaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "klatschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "applaudieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheirokrotó",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "χειροκροτώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "krotéō",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "κροτέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhá kapayim",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "מחא כפיים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tālī bajānā",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ताली बजाना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "tapsol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "applaudire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくしゅする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakushu suru",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "拍手する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çeplle lêdan",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "چەپڵە لێدان"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rakopleska",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ракоплеска"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "aplaudíra",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "аплауди́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaiyyaṭikkuka",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "കൈയ്യടിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaikoṭṭuka",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "കൈകൊട്ടുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "pakipaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "klaskać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bić brawo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "aplaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aplodírovatʹ",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "аплоди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópatʹ",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "хло́пать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "pljeskati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "tlieskať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ploskati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "aplaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "palmotear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "batir palmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "dar palmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "hacer palmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ovacionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "palmear"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpròp-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ปรบมือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtòp-mʉʉ",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "ตบมือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "word": "şak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aploduváty",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "аплодува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pleskáty",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "плеска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rukopleskáty",
      "sense": "To applaud by clapping the hands",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рукоплеска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hlopvam",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "word": "хлопвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trjaskam",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "word": "тряскам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "word": "knallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópatʹ",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хло́пать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlópnutʹ",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "хло́пнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljáskaty",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ля́скати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljásnuty",
      "sense": "To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ля́снути"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skalǎpvam",
      "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
      "word": "скалъпвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
      "word": "improvisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
      "word": "zusammenbasteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spleskuva",
      "sense": "To create or assemble (something) hastily",
      "word": "сплескува"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To set or put, usually in haste",
      "word": "jeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To set or put, usually in haste",
      "word": "balancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "To set or put, usually in haste",
      "word": "ronçar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clapping"
  ],
  "word": "clap"
}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Rhymes:English/æp",
    "Rhymes:English/æp/1 syllable",
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      "expansion": "Uncertain",
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        "3": "clapoir",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "",
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  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”).\nMay also be from old, unsafe treatments for gonnorhea, such as clapping the penis between a book and a hard surface to break up obstructions in the urethra and permit urination. Attested from the 16th century.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1821 [1580 April 23], Alexander Montgomerie, “The Flyting”, in The Poems of Alexander Montgomery, page 115",
          "text": "With the mischiefe of the melt and maw, / The clape and the canker,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, Richard Hooker, MASH, page 32",
          "text": "“What in hell makes you think he's got the clap?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1980, Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, page 295",
          "text": "He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Dan Savage, Savage Love, page 229",
          "text": "When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap, he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[2006, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn, The STDs Update, page 40",
          "text": "Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap, is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Gonorrhea."
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      "rhymes": "-æp"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/En-us-ncalif-theclap.ogg",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "triper",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трипер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "purgacions"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "word": "druiper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "word": "tippuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chtouille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaude-pisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "word": "Tripper"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "triper",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трипер"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "word": "dryppert"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiewiór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tryper"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gonoréja",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "word": "гоноре́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "purgaciones"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "gonorrhea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clap"
}

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