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Definitions from Wiktionary (clap)

noun:  The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
noun:  The explosive sound of thunder.
noun:  Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
noun:  A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
noun:  A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
noun:  (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
noun:  (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
verb:  (intransitive) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
verb:  (transitive) To applaud.
verb:  (transitive) To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
verb:  (obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
verb:  (transitive) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
verb:  (transitive) To set or put, usually in haste.
verb:  (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
verb:  (slang) To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To defeat.
noun:  (slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea.
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