Clap

1. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
2. To knock, as at a door.
3. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
4. To come together suddenly with noise.
5. 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.
6. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
7. Noisy talk; chatter.
8. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
9. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
10. The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
11. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
12. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
13. A striking of hands to express approbation.
14. Gonorrhea.
15. To strike the hands together in applause.
16. To express contempt or derision.