clap

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

clap [clap claps clapped clapping] verb, noun BrE [klæp] NAmE [klæp]
verb (-pp-)
1. intransitive, transitive to hit your open hands together several times to show that you approve of or have enjoyed sth
• The audience cheered and clapped.
•~ sb/sth Everyone clapped us when we went up to get our prize.
2. intransitive, transitive to hit your open hands together
• Everyone clapped in time to the music.
•~ your hands She clapped her hands in delight.
•He clapped his hands for silence.
3. transitive ~ sb on the back/shoulder to lightly hit sb with your open hand, usually in a friendly way
4. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to put sth/sb somewhere quickly and suddenly
•‘Oh dear!’ she cried, clapping a hand over her mouth.
•to clap sb in irons/jail/prison
•In the old days they would have clapped you in jail for that.
see clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth at ↑eye _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 2 Old English clappan ‘throb, beat’ late Middle English n. sense 3 late 16th cent. Old French clapoir ‘venereal bubo’

Example Bank:
•The audience clapped enthusiastically.
•‘Cheer up Tony,’ I said, and clapped him on the shoulder.
Derived Word: ↑clapping
 
noun
1. singular an act of clapping the hands; the sound this makes
• Give him a clap! (= to praise sb at the end of a performance)
2. countable a sudden loud noise
•a clap of thunder
3. (also the clap)uncountable (informal)a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having sex with an infected person
Syn: ↑gonorrhoea

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 2 Old English clappan ‘throb, beat’ late Middle English n. sense 3 late 16th cent. Old French clapoir ‘venereal bubo’

Example Bank:
•With a clap of his hands he ordered more food.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clack, gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, bang, eruption, blast, bam, spat, applaud, acclaim
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  boo, hiss