单词 | clapping |
释义 | clappingn. 1. The action of clap v.1, in various senses; striking, noise as of striking, applause, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking so as to produce sound > striking with a resounding blow clapping1377 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell > small bell clapping1377 tinglinga1398 tinklinga1398 jingling14.. tinging1495 ting1611 ting-tang1808 ting-a-ling?1850 tankling1864 jingle1874 pringa1930 the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > flap or flutter flickeringc1440 bating1486 flushing1582 flurr1651 clapping1726 flacking1844 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > by clapping hands hand1600 clapa1616 palmistry1699 clapping1871 handclaps1874 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 167 Haue þei no children but cheste an choppyng [v.r. clappyng] hem bitwene. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappynge, percussio. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappynge or clynkynge of a belle, tintillacio. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 653 With many great showtes and clapping of handes. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. iii. viii. 131/2 Clapping of Dishes and ringing of Bell. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 142 A Noise..like the clapping of Wings. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 49 The whistling and clapping of a tasteless crowd. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 943 Ay ful of clappyng..A ful gret fool is he that on yow leevith. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K That aspine leafe [thy toung], such spitefull clappyng hath bred. 1877 G. Long tr. M. Aurelius Thoughts (ed. 2) 121 The praise which comes from the many is a clapping of tongues. Compounds C1. attributive, as clapping sound, clapping noise, etc. ΚΠ 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 476 A clapping noise similar to that of a corn-mill. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel Echo mock'd the clapping sound. C2. clapping-post n. the post against which a gate closes (cf. clap v.1 3, 4) (obsolete or dialect). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post postela1225 gate-cheek1513 gatepost1522 shaft1522 post1662 pier1665 impost1730 clapping-post1792 hanging-post1792 heel post1802 hanging-stile1823 stay1869 shutting posta1877 1792 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 385 It was..put..down for a clapping-post. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clapping-post, the smaller of a pair of gate~posts, against which the gate closes. East. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). clappingadj. That claps; that makes a noise as of two hard bodies struck together, etc.: see clap v.1 ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective] clapping1582 exploding1755 detonating1808 detonative1875 detonable1884 chunking1902 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > with a noise clapping1816 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [adjective] > of impact or concussion > slam clapping1816 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 95 A clapping fyerbolt (such as oft, with rownce robel hobble, Ioue toe the ground clattreth). 1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 3 To heed that cleping Thing ca'd conscience.] 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini Callings, and clappings doors, and curs unite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1377adj.1582 |
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