"unclap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unclaps [present, singular, third-person], unclapping [participle, present], unclapped [participle, past], unclapped [past]
Etymology: From un- + clap. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|clap}} un- + clap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unclap (third-person singular simple present unclaps, present participle unclapping, simple past and past participle unclapped)
  1. (transitive) To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar). Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "clap"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + clap.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "unclapping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unclapped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unclapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Jennifer Echols, Playing Dirty, page 21:",
          "text": "He unclapped the hand over his mouth to announce, “The PR chick is enormous and scary, with pink hair.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Darcy Woods, Summer of Supernovas, page 234:",
          "text": "I slowly nod, afraid to unclap my hand from my mouth, afraid of the words that might spill out: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar)."
      ],
      "id": "en-unclap-en-verb-d4AnhcTR",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unclap"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "clap"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + clap",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + clap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "unclaps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unclapping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unclapped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unclapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "unclap (third-person singular simple present unclaps, present participle unclapping, simple past and past participle unclapped)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with un-",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Jennifer Echols, Playing Dirty, page 21:",
          "text": "He unclapped the hand over his mouth to announce, “The PR chick is enormous and scary, with pink hair.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Darcy Woods, Summer of Supernovas, page 234:",
          "text": "I slowly nod, afraid to unclap my hand from my mouth, afraid of the words that might spill out: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove (one's hand clapped over one's mouth, or similar)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unclap"
}

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