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CLAPP
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Bristol)
English (chiefly Bristol) : from Middle English clop(pe) ‘lump’, ‘hillock’ (from Old English clopp(a)), applied either as a topographic name or as a nickname for a large and ungainly person.Variant spelling of German Klapp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clapper ‘rough bridge’, applied as a topographic name or as a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word.English : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English clappe ‘chatter’.Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Klapper ‘chatterer’.Americanized form of German Klopper, a metonymic occupational name relating to several trades, from Middle Low German klopper ‘clapper’, ‘bobbin’, ‘hammer’.
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v. t.
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.
v. t.
To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
v. t.
To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
n.
The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
n.
That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
n.
The clapper of a bell.
n.
One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
n.
One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.
n.
Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
v. t.
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.
n.
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
v. t.
Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
n.
A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
imp. & p. p.
of Clap
n.
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
v. t.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
v. t.
To fight and scratch.
n.
A person who claps.
n.
A rabbit burrow.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clap