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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 clap /ˈklæp/
 拍手,拍手聲,霹靂聲,淋病(vt.)(vi.)鼓掌,輕敲

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 clap /ˈklæp/ 名詞
 振翼,拍翅膀,拍打法,淋病

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Clap n.  Gonorrhea.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Clap v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clapped p. pr. & vb. n. Clapping.]
 1. 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.
 Then like a bird it sits and sings,
 And whets and claps its silver wings.   --Marvell.
 2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
    He had just time to get in and clap to the door.   --Locke
    Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.   --Lamb.
 3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
 To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] --Lam. ii. 15.
 To clap hold of, to seize roughly or quickly.
 To clap up. (a) To imprison hastily or without due formality. (b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] “Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Clap v. i.
 1. To knock, as at a door. [Obs.]
 2. To strike the hands together in applause.
    Their ladies bid them clap.   --Shak.
 3. To come together suddenly with noise.
    The doors around me clapped.   --Dryden.
 4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [Obs.] “Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?”
 5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Clap n.
 1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. “Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.”
 2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
    Horrible claps of thunder.   --Hakewill.
 3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
    What, fifty of my followers at a clap!   --Shak.
 4. A striking of hands to express approbation.
    Unextrected claps or hisses.   --Addison.
 5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.]
 6. Falconry The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
 Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n.
 Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 clap
      n 1: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, eruption, blast,
           loud noise]
      2: a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria
         gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain
         around the urethra [syn: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea]
      3: a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be
         repeated [syn: clack]
      v 1: put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"
      2: cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its
         wings"
      3: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate
         approval [syn: applaud, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo]
      4: clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to
         the music" [syn: spat]
      5: strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped
         loudly"
      6: strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way,
         as in encouragement or greeting
      7: strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise;
         "clap two boards together"
      [also: clapping, clapped]