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Clap is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like noise or spat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Clap | Clapping | Clapton | Clapped | Clapper | Clapham | Claps | Clapp | Clapback

Clap meaning

  1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
  2. The explosive sound of thunder.
  3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.

Synonyms of Clap

noise spat gesticulate gesture motion venereal infection vd venereal disease gonorrhoea gonorrhea bam blast eruption bang social disease

Related words

Other words often associated with Clap or its synonyms:

dose contagion blow occurrent motility intercommunicate occurrence move communicate happening movement question

Using Clap

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. | The explosive sound of thunder. | Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
  • Useful related words include: noise, spat, gesticulate, gesture.
  • In the example corpus, clap often appears in combinations such as: to clap, clap for, clap and.

Context around Clap

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

hand 2× eric 1× floor 1× nhs 1× beat 1× baltazar 1×

Often after:

nets 1× eyes 1× net 1×

Sentence patterns with Clap

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

clap clap clap 2× alicia baltazar clap during a 1× and the clap of the 1× can i clap for her 1× can t clap 1× clap clap clap clap 1× clap clap clap clap clap 1× clap was rampant 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

alejandra rodriguez left 1× another important victory 1× as he lay 1× but nearly a 1× but one hand 1× clap was rampant 1×

Common sentence endings:

clap clap clap 2× 2024 in wilmington 1× a drinking trough 1× affect the price 1× after full time 1× along to music 1×

Words around Clap

Just before it in the word index:

clanton 18 clansman 4 clans 177 clanranald 3 clannish 12 clannad 5

Just after it in the word index:

clapback 14 clapbacks 2 clapboard 10 clapboards 3 clapboardtree 2 clapeyron 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aliyu 180 assigning 180 awakened 180 babylonian 180 bridal 180 charms 180

Corpus analysis for Clap

  • In this selection, "clap" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hand, eric, floor, nets, eyes and net stand out and add context to how "clap" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include clap clap clap and alicia baltazar clap during a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clap" sits close to words such as aliyu, assigning and awakened, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clap

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But one hand can’t clap. (6 words)

Thank you, Eric *clap clap clap-clap-clap*. (8 words)

Clap was rampant in all of the Vietnam American armed forces. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Viewers at Vue can feel every beat, clap and cheer from the grand final, including the UK’s artist Mae Muller, along with several special guest performers, the nail-biting voting, and some bonus content courtesy of the BBC exclusively for the big screen. (44 words)

As he lay dying, he asked some friends if he had “played his part in the comedy of life properly”, and added that “since the play has gone down well, give us a clap and send us away with applause”. (40 words)

In the film, Nolan recreates the intensity of the Trinity test with color and sound, following the bright flash with a pause and then the deep rumble and roar of the explosion and the clap of the shock wave. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Thank you, Eric *clap clap clap-clap-clap*.

She bobs her leg and thumps her foot on the stone floor: clap, clap, clap.

Golly gee, they deserve a real hand clap, and like on the hand clap, and like meters tracking every cell of the global populations.

Instead of Clap for Carers the event is being called the Thank You NHS clap.

Speaking to youngsters, the education minister said that if they won't clap in the honour of their teacher, they will have to go and clap in front of every home in their next birth.

As he lay dying, he asked some friends if he had “played his part in the comedy of life properly”, and added that “since the play has gone down well, give us a clap and send us away with applause”.

But, nearly a few short moments later, she decided to clap back and respond.

But one hand can’t clap.

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Clap was rampant in all of the Vietnam American armed forces.

In the film, Nolan recreates the intensity of the Trinity test with color and sound, following the bright flash with a pause and then the deep rumble and roar of the explosion and the clap of the shock wave.

Manchester Evening News, United assistant Steve McClaren had to wait at the tunnel to instruct players who attempted to make a quick exit to clap the away fans after full-time.

Neither do we clap our hands until he says to, or someone must tell us to get up and stand to our feet.

Prison bosses are spending nearly £10,000 a year teaching inmates how to clap their hands and stamp their feet along to music.

Regardless of what beats you might clap along to, rhythm is what catches our attention and forces us to tap our toes.

The organisation went on to explain that the clap-nets, which can be up to 20 metres long, are released by hand from a trapping hut and are baited with live decoys, seed or a drinking trough.

The texts described the defense attorney as "awesome" and asked "can I clap for her?" during the defense attorney's opening arguments.

Viewers at Vue can feel every beat, clap and cheer from the grand final, including the UK’s artist Mae Muller, along with several special guest performers, the nail-biting voting, and some bonus content courtesy of the BBC exclusively for the big screen.

When it comes to views over water, just how much of the sea, canal, river or lake you can clap eyes on will greatly affect the price.

Alejandra Rodriguez, left, and Alicia Baltazar clap during a ceremony for the Wilmington honorary mayor announcement on June 27, 2024, in Wilmington.

Another 'important victory' Camilleri said, was that the Advocate General confirmed that the use of a clap-net system was acceptable in the application of a derogation, contrary to what the European Commission had argued.

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Common combinations with clap

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clap" in a sentence?
An example: "Thank you, Eric *clap clap clap-clap-clap*." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "clap" from authentic English texts.
What does "clap" mean?
Clap means: The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
What are synonyms of "clap"?
Common synonyms of "clap" include: noise, spat, gesticulate, gesture, motion, venereal infection, vd, venereal disease. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "clap" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "clap", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.