| • | To strike; to slap; 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. | 
											
															| • | To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt
   manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon. | 
											
															| • | To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands
   together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. | 
											
															| • | To express contempt or derision. | 
											
															| • | To knock, as at a door. | 
											
															| • | To strike the hands together in applause. | 
											
															| • | To come together suddenly with noise. | 
											
															| • | To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. | 
											
															| • | To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. | 
											
															| • | A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. | 
											
															| • | A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. | 
											
															| • | A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. | 
											
															| • | A striking of hands to express approbation. | 
											
															| • | Noisy talk; chatter. | 
											
															| • | The nether part of the beak of a hawk. | 
											
															| • | Gonorrhea. |