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to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A bird; the flicker.

A person who claps.

To fight and scratch. C. Smart.

Variant of Clasp [Obs.] Chaucer.

A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser.

To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

harp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. "Thunderclaps that make them quake." Spenser. When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. Dryden.

To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

ow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.

To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

anged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.