Clap | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Clāp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CLAPPED (klăpt); p. pr. & vb. n. CLAPPING.] [A-S. clappan, Icel. & Sw. klappa, D. & L. Ger. klappen, kloppen, H. Ger. klopfen] 1. To strike with a quick motion, so as to make a noise by the collision. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvel.

To thrust, drive, or put, in a hasty or abrupt manner. “The clouds the devil claps between heaven and us.” Bp. Taylor.
To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; as, to clap a performance on the stage.
To infect with a venereal poison. Wiseman.

To clap up, to catch up, or contrive, or dispose of hastily. Was ever match clapped up so suddenly? Shak.

Clăp, v. i.

verbintransitive

Sense 1. To come together suddenly with noise. The doors around me clapped. Dryden.

Sense 2. To strike the hands together in applause. “Their ladies bid them clap.” Shak.

Sense 3. To enter with alacrity and briskness; — with to or into. Shall we clap into it roundly, without saying we are hoarse? Shak.

Clāp, n.

noun

n. 1. A loud noise made by sudden collision.

Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room. Swift.

Sense 2. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a thrust.

What, fifty of my followers at a clap! Shak.

Sense 3. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. “Horrible claps of thunder.” Hakewill.

Sense 4. A striking of hands to express approbation. “Unexpected claps or hisses.” Addison.

Sense 5. [Fr. clapoir; D. klapoor.] A species of venereal infection; gonorrhea.

Sense 6. (Falconry.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. Bailey.