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clapn.1

Brit. /klap/, U.S. /klæp/
Forms: Middle English cleppe (Middle English klap), Middle English–1600s clappe, Middle English clape, 1500s–1700s clapp, Middle English– clap.
Etymology: Middle English clappe and cleppe ( Ancren Riwle, in sense 9), have the form of derivatives of clap v.1, and of a cognate verb corresponding to Middle Low German kleppen there referred to. No trace of the word has yet been found in Old English; but the continental languages have Middle Dutch clap(p , Dutch klap , Old High German chlaph , Middle High German klapf , all masculine, ‘loud sound, clap, smack’, which point to a West Germanic, and (compare Old Norse klapp , in handaklapp neuter) perhaps Old Germanic (*klappo- ), formed in direct imitation of the sound it expresses. (It is possible that sense 9 is really the earliest, and that branch I. is a subsequent formation of the verb.)
I. The noise, stroke, or shock.
†1. An abrupt explosive noise; the noise made by the sudden collision of two hard flat or concave surfaces; the bang or report of a gun. Obsolete (except as in next, or as transferred from it).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun]
clapc1440
back-blast1577
bouncea1616
blast1635
fulminating1651
fulmination1651
detonation1677
blow1694
explosion1736
bursting1771
blowing up1772
blowing1799
blow-up1807
pong1823
chunk-chunk1898
chunking1902
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappe or grete dynne..strepitus.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 401 Thai..soyn has vp thair ledderis set, That maid a clap, quhen the cleket Wes festnyt fast in the kyrnell.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. K4v Ergo was the deadly clap of the peece, or driu'n home stab of the Syllogisme.
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 171 A few..graines being fired will give as great a clap as a musket.
2.
a. esp. The loud explosive noise of thunder; a peal (of thunder).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of thunder
thunderc1000
clapc1386
thunder-blasta1400
rout1513
thundering1526
rear1567
rounce robble hobble1582
robble1609
rouncy1616
thunder bounce1629
thunder-peal1804
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > thunder > thunder-clap
denta1300
dintc1374
thunder-clapc1386
thunder-blasta1400
thunder-crackc1450
clap1509
thundering1526
rear1567
thunder bounce1629
thunder-peal1804
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋100 The aire..shal be ful of thonder clappes and lightnings.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxvii. x It thondred loude wyth clappes tempestious.
1588 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 230 III. 134 The Lyghtnynge and Thunder clapp wilbe bothe in a moment.
1753 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 545 With some claps of thunder and lightning at a great distance.
1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xiv. 111 The news..came upon them like a clap of thunder.
†b. A stroke (of thunder), a lightning-stroke. Obsolete; cf. sense 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of
laitc900
slaughta1300
levinc1300
fire-slaughta1400
flaughta1400
thunderboltc1440
fudder1513
fire-flaughta1522
flag of firea1522
bolt1535
strokea1542
lightning bolta1560
lightning1560
fire-bolt?1562
fulgur1563
fulmen1563
thunder-thump1563
light-bolt1582
fire-flash1586
blaze1590
flake1590
clap1591
blastc1665
glade1744
streak1781
thunder-ball1820
leader stroke1934
1591 E. Spenser Visions of Worlds Vanitie in Complaints 43 The kingly Bird, that beares Ioues thunder-clap.
1599 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. ii. 103 A terrible clap of thunder, which slew foure of our men out-right.
†3. Noisy talk, chatter; = clack n. Obsolete or dialect.
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
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
windc1290
trotevalea1300
follyc1300
jangle1340
jangleryc1374
tongue1382
fablec1384
clapa1420
babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 88 Who so that hatethe moche clappe or speche Quenchethe malice.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Clep tattle, pert loquacity.]
4.
a. The noise made by striking the palms of the hands together; the act of so doing, esp. in token of applause; an act of applauding, a plaudit; applause. [Compare Old Norse handaklapp.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop
clapa1616
hand-clapping1627
handclap1743
klop1841
clop1901
clap-clap1909
tock-tock1937
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > by clapping hands
hand1600
clapa1616
palmistry1699
clapping1871
handclaps1874
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. 0. 11 Men, Wiues, and Boyes, Whose shouts & claps out-voyce the deep-mouth'd Sea.
1668 T. Sydserff Epil. Tarugo's Wiles 55 All the clap he expects from you is, not to be hist.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 235. ¶9 The Audience is not a little abashed, if they find themselves betrayed into a Clap.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (1742) I. v. 411 The whole assembly expressed their satisfaction by claps and applauses.
1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 38 Dryden and Settle had both placed their happiness in the claps of multitudes.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xvii. 174 Then ensued the applause of the spectators, with clap of hands, and thump of sticks.
b. clap-clap n. the sharp sound, continually repeated, made by horses' hooves, applause, or the like.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop
clapa1616
hand-clapping1627
handclap1743
klop1841
clop1901
clap-clap1909
tock-tock1937
1909 Daily Chron. 22 Oct. 4/7 The sharp clap-clap of the single horse in a hansom.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xi. [Sirens] 265 Bravo! Clapclap.
1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row iv. 38 The clap-clap of a horse's hoofs.
1940 C. S. Lewis Probl. of Pain x. 134 The clap-clap of water against the boat's side.
5. A sounding blow or stroke; typically with a flat surface; a slap; in modern Scottish esp. a pat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something flat
clap?14..
patc1425
skelpc1440
plata1522
slat1611
slapping1632
slap1648
flop1662
smack1775
smacker1775
skelping1818
spat1823
spatting1840
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking so as to produce sound > striking with a resounding blow > a resounding blow
clap?14..
twang1712
whang1770
?14.. Dan Hew, Munk Leicestre (J. Allde) A iiij He fel down at that clap.
1483 Cath. Angl. 65 Clappe; vbi buffet.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/2 Clappe on the heed, sufflet. Clappe with ones hande, bovffee.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 481/2 He will haue a clappe on the tone cheke or the tother.
1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister i. iv. 7 He..drew out his staf..and hit me a clap on the scul.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 194. ⁋2 All the forms of..salutation, from the clap on the shoulder to the humble bow.
1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxviii. 252 It was na a pat, but a scud like the clap o' a fir deal.
†6. figurative. A stroke, blow, or shock of misfortune, etc.; a sudden mishap. (Rarely in good sense.) Obsolete. (See also afterclap n.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > [noun] > sudden event
clapc1330
chop1553
alarums and excursions1922
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.)
clapc1330
buffetc1400
flaw1513
wipe?1545
bolt1577
blow1608
attaint1655
bludgeoning1888
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 175 Many grete mishappes, many hard travaile, Haf comen vs hard clappes.
1375 Canticum de Creatione 477 in Anglia I. 303 Ffor drede of after clap.
a1400 Cato's Distichs (Fairf.) l. 263 in R. Morris Cursor Mundi (1878) III. App. iv 1672 Hope ay of gode hap to come wiþ a gode clap wiþ-out ani warne.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. vi. 68 He the swerd eschapit..Bot not at this tyme so the dedis clap.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Oi As in the tyme of Noe, sodenlye a clappe fel in theyr bosomes.
1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 10 Our chiefe, misdowting suche a clap..Deuised fortes.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 83 When our Lady falls in our Lords lap Then let England beware a sad clap.
†7. A sudden stroke; in phrases, at a clap, at one clap: at one stroke, at once. in a clap: suddenly, in a moment. Obsolete or Scottish. (Cf. chop n.1, and French phrases with coup.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ii. f. 19 They that serche the ende of a mannys lyfe by nygrymanciars, be payed at a clappe.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Bviii And bryngeth me out a couple of lyes at a clappe.
1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 870 It was a good occasion offered them to kill all Cæsar's Enemies at a clap.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 288 What, fiftie of my followers at a clap . View more context for this quotation
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 451 Our Master will be on us all now in a clap, ere ever we wit.
1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 19 They shewed him how all the Candles in the Chappel at one clap were lighted.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 66 (Jam.) And in a clap I'll back with something be.
†8. A sudden and violent shutting of a door, accompanied with a loud noise and shock; a bang or slam. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > slam
clap1745
slama1817
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > closing a door, window, etc. > closing of door with sound
slapping1632
clap1745
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants Pref. 6 Give the Door such a Clap as you go out, as will shake the whole Room.
II. Applied to various contrivances which make a clapping or rattling noise.
9.
a. The clapper of a mill; = clack n. 3, clapper n.1 1. clap and hopper (Scottish): ‘the symbols of investiture in the property of a mill’ (Jamieson).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > clapper
mill clapperc1200
clap?c1225
mill-clack1264
clapper1340
clackc1440
clacket1594
knap1622
clacker1636
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 57 Þe twa cheken beoð twa grind stanes þe tunge is þe cleppe.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappe, or clakke of a mylle, taratantara.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/2 Clappe of a myll, clacquet de movlin.
1759 J. Lauder Decisions I. 432 (Jam.) A mill is distinctum tenementum, and requires delivery of the clap and happer.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 144 The heapet happer's ebbing still, And still the clap plays clatter.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. v. 107 He [sc. the miller] maun wait on clap and hopper, as they say.
†b. The human tongue. Obsolete. In stint thy clappe, hold thy clappe, the sense blended at length with that of 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > tongue
tonguec890
clap?c1225
clacka1592
red rag1605
clicket1611
clappera1627
filma1656
velvet1699
Manchester1819
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 59 Þa ne cuðen ha neauerstutten hare cleppen.
c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Prol. 36 The Reve answered and seyde ‘Stynt thi clappe’.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 839 Ȝe, syre Archebysshop hold þu þy clappe, For y ȝeve no byleve þerto.
1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Pardoner & Frere sig. B.iii I say wylt thou nat yet stynt thy clappe?
1593 M. Drayton Idea vii. sig. H2 Olde doting foole, for shame hold thou thy tongue, I would thy clap were shut vp in my purse.
†c. The clapper or tongue of a bell.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > clapper
clapper1379
swingle14..
bell-clapper1498
kneppelc1500
tongue1577
clap1608
clacker1869
jinglet1881
1608–12 Aylesford Churchwardens' Accts. in J. C. L. Stahlschmidt Church Bells of Kent (1887) 136 For a clapp of the bell vs...for mendinge a bell clap viiid.
†d. A rattle used to summon people to church on the last three days of Holy Week, when the bells were not rung; = clapper n.1 5. Scottish. ‘A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations instead of a drum or hand-bell’ (Jamieson). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > other implements > [noun] > rattle
clap1566
clapper1566
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 42 A sacreing bell broken by mt harbotell two clappes broken by mt vicar.
1701 in R. Chambers Domest. Ann. Scotl. III. 245 Obliged to send clapps, as they call them..(note) An old mode of advertisement..to send an old woman through the streets, with a wooden dish and a stick to clap or beat upon it.
e. The clapper n.1 2 of a beggar's clap-dish.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > rattle used by beggars or lepers
clapperc1330
clicket?a1425
clap1567
clap-dish1587
lazarus-clapper1593
clack-dish1608
lazar's clapper1611
lazar's clicket1611
lazar's snapper1658
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 39 And banisht begge hir breade with dish and clap.
10.
a. A clack-valve; = clack n. 5. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > valves
clap1626
clack1634
clapper1769
butterfly valve1809
suction valve1831
clack-valve1850
shoe-valve1858
butterfly clack1859
trap-valve1877
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 12 The Pumpe, the pumpes well..the spindle, the boxe, the clap.
1739 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 232 Two Valves..which open inwardly, and are made like the Claps of other Bellows.
b. clap of the throat (Scottish): ‘the uvula’ (Jamieson).
ΚΠ
1688 Trial Philip Standifield (Jam.) When the clap of his throat is shut.
11. Falconry. The lower mandible of a hawk.In Phillips, Bailey, Johnson, and modern dictionaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of
narea1475
clap1486
arm1575
stalkc1575
festoon1821
1486 Bk. St. Albans B j b The neder parte of hir beke is calde the clape of the hawke.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 30 Barbe feathers vnder the clappe of the beake.
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 163 By your Hawk's frequent opening her Clap and Beak.
†12. (See quot. c1450) Obsolete.
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c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 721 (Nomina rerum ecclesiasticarum). Hoc pedum, a clappe. [Pedum occurs again as ‘a crowche’, or pastoral staff.]
III. Other senses.
†13. (Also clap-bill.) A bill to be clapped or stuck on a wall, etc.; a poster. French affiche. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > placarding, postering, or billing > a placard, notice, or bill
bill1480
placard1560
ticket1567
pancart1577
affix1589
si quis1597
affiche1602
placketa1605
programme1633
programmaa1661
advertisement1692
clap-bill1699
handbill1718
daybill1731
show bill?a1750
notice1766
play-card1778
card1787
posting bill1788
poster1818
sticker1862
flyer1889
paper1896
1699 T. Brown tr. Erasmus Seven New Colloquies ii. 8 They have Clap Bills too, and set up by Authority.
1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 216 What tho' my Name stood rubric on the walls? Or plaister'd posts, with Claps in capitals?
14. Farriery. A disease of horses. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > other disorders of horses
trench?a1450
colt-evilc1460
affreyd?1523
cholera1566
crick1566
incording1566
leprosy1566
taint1566
eyesore1576
fistula1576
wrench1578
birth1600
garrot1600
stithy1600
stifling1601
stranglings1601
hungry evil1607
pose1607
crest-fall1609
pompardy1627
felteric1639
quick-scab1639
shingles1639
clap1684
sudden taking1688
bunches1706
flanks1706
strangles1706
chest-founderingc1720
body-founder1737
influenza1792
foundering1802
horse-sickness1822
stag-evil1823
strangullion1830
shivering1847
dourine1864
swamp fever1870
African horse sickness1874
horse-pox1884
African horse disease1888
wind-stroke1890
thump1891
leucoencephalitis1909
western equine encephalitis1933
stachybotryotoxicosis1945
rhinopneumonitis1957
1684 London Gaz. No. 1960/4 A Chesnut Sorrel Gelding..a clap on the near Leg before.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Clap, a Distemper to which Horses are sometimes liable.

Compounds

(In some of these compounds, clap is the stem of the verb.) Also clapboard n.1, clap-bread n., clap-dish n., clap-net n., claptrap n.
† clap-bait n. Obsolete a kind of worm used as bait in angling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs
angletwitcheOE
wormc1320
codwormc1450
redwormc1450
gentle1577
touchangle1581
bob1589
Jack1601
dug1608
codbait1620
caddis-worm1627
caddis1653
cockspur1653
lob-worm1653
marsh worm1653
gilt tail1656
cadew1668
cad1674
ash-grub1676
clap-bait1681
whitebait1681
earth-bob1696
jag-tail1736
buzz1760
treachet1787
angleworm1788
cow-turd-bob1798
palmer bob1814
slob1814
angledog1832
caddis-bait1833
sedge-worm1839
snake feeder1861
hellgrammite1866
easworm1872
cow-dung bob1880
snake doctora1883
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 33 The other Bob is found under a Cow-turd..is also called a Clap-bait in some places.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 253 Cow-dung-bob, or clap-bait.
clap-bill n. (see 13).
clap-cake n. = clap-bread n.
clap-door n. a small door or gate which shuts when slammed, or which swings to of itself; see also quot. 1888 for clap-gate n.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door
hall-doorc1275
falling doorc1300
stable doorc1330
vice-door1354
hecka1400
lodge-doorc1400
street door1465
gate-doora1500
portal1516
backdoor1530
portal door1532
side door1535
by-door1542
outer door1548
postern door1551
house door1565
fore-door1581
way-door1597
leaf door1600
folding door1611
clap-door1625
balcony-door1635
out-door1646
anteportc1660
screen door1668
frontish-door1703
posticum1704
side entrance1724
sash-door1726
Venetian door1731
oak1780
jib-door1800
trellis?c1800
sporting door1824
ledge-door1825
through door1827
bivalves1832
swing-door1833
tradesmen's entrance1838
ledged door1851
tradesmen's door?1851
fire door1876
storm door1878
shoji1880
fire door1889
Dutch door1890
patio door1900
stable door1900
ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901
suicide door1925
louvre door1953
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. v. 12 A secret way..which diuided into three wayes, hath as many clap-doores opening into seueral fields.
clap-gate n. = clap-door n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > swing-gate
swing-gate1774
clap-gate1847
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clap-gate, a small horse-gate. East.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Clap-gate, a kind of wicket, called in many parts a kissing-gate. Also a small hunting gate just wide enough for a horse to pass.
clap-man n. a public crier.
† clap-mill n. Obsolete a clapper turned by the wind, etc. for scaring away birds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
crow-keeper1562
malkinc1565
clacket1594
scarecrow1606
clap-mill1613
field keeper1620
shaw-fowl1621
bean-shatter1639
clapper1660
dudman1670
clack1678
hobidy-booby?1710
worricow1711
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
tatie-bogle1838
shewel1888
scare-string1889
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds
buga1425
scarlec1440
scare1530
blencher1531
shail1531
fray-boggard1535
malkinc1565
clacket1594
bogle-bo1603
scarecrow1606
blinks1611
clap-mill1613
shaw-fowl1621
dudman1670
hobidy-booby?1710
cherry-clapper1763
flay-crake1788
potato-bogle1815
cherry-clack1824
feather-piea1825
flay-crow1824
gally-baggar1825
gally-crow1825
bogle1830
deadman1839
hodmandod1881
scarer1930
1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. ii. ix. 73 On the toppes of those poales you shall place certaine clappe-milles made of broken trenchers ioyned together like sayles.
1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry ii. xiii. 88 Clap mils..doe make such a continuall noyse, that not any bird..dare come neare it.
† clap-shoulder adj. Obsolete (nonce-word), that lays the hand on a person's shoulder (in arrest).
ΚΠ
1630 J. Taylor Nipping or Snipping of Abvses in Wks. 254 Clap-shoulder Serieants get the deuill and all, By..bringing men in thrall.
Categories »
clap-sill n. Hydraulic Engineering the sill or lowest part of the frame against which a lock-gate shuts.
clap-stick n. (a) a watchman's clapper; (b) plural = clapper n.1 3d.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > watchman's rattle
rapper1810
clap-stick1834
creak1837
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 152 He was not disturbed..by the watchmen's rappers, or clap-sticks.
1946 Electronic Engin. 18 309 The professional ‘clap-sticks’ should be used to mark the beginning of a ‘take’.
clap-table n. = console-table n. at console n. Compounds.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > console table
clap-tablec1702
console-table1813
console1840
c1702 C. Fiennes Journeys (1947) iv. x. 358 A clap table under the large looking-glass between the windows.
1955 R. Fastnedge Eng. Furnit. Styles v. 127 The introduction of the console, originally called a ‘clap’ table, dated from the first years of the [18th] century.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clapn.2

Brit. /klap/, U.S. /klæp/
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Compare Old French ‘clapoir, bosse, bubo, panus inguinis’; ‘clapoire, clapier, lieu de débauche, maladie q'on y attrape’.
Obsolete in polite use.
a. Gonorrhœa.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > gonorrhoea
gonorrhoeaa1475
gonorrhoea passion1547
running of the reins1569
shedding of nature1584
clap1587
venereal rose1799
Rhea sisters1935
1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Malin iii Before they get the Clap.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 312 The clape and the canker.
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 204/1 Clap, vulgar name for the disease Baptorrhœa.
1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
1919 Wine, Women & War (1926) 306 Physical exam—crabs, cooties and clap. Scared to death, but O.K.
1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy iii. 34 Rocky Kilmarry is about as good for you as a dose of clap.
b. With a, and plural.
ΚΠ
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xii. 33 Claps at Court.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 6 And truly so [circumcis'd] he was perhaps, Not as a Proselyte, but for Claps.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 200 As if men from the Stars did suck Old-age, Diseases,..Claps and Dice.
1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 72 He [Oates] did confess that he had an old Clap.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 295 A Clap did usher Davenant to his grave.
1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. 11 He will let you know he is going to a Whore, or that he has got a Clap.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 77. ⁋1.
1735 A. Pope Satires of Donne ii, in Wks. II. 47 Time..matures a Clap to Pox.
1738 S. Johnson London 114 They sing, they dance, clean shoes, or cure a clap.
1763 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems I. 1 His claps.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 572 A clap.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 418 Repeated claps.

Compounds

clap-doctor n.
ΚΠ
1710 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 260. ⁋5 He was the first Clap Doctor that I meet with in History.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clapv.1

Brit. /klap/, U.S. /klæp/
Forms: (Old English clappian), Middle English clappen, Middle English–1600s clappe, (Middle English cleppyn, clape, 1700s Scottish clep), 1500s– clap. past tense and participle Middle English–1500s clapte, Middle English clappid, (1600s–1700s claped, clap'd, clap't, 1600s–1800s clapp'd), Middle English– clapped, 1500s– clapt /klæpt/.
Etymology: Middle English clappen , Old English type *clappian (Somner has clappan from some unspecified source), corresponding to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Low German, Dutch (also modern German) klappen , Old High German chlaphôn , Middle High German and modern German klapfen ; these point to a common West Germanic type witnessing, with Old Norse klappa (Swedish klappa , Dutch klappe ), to an Old Germanic *klappôjan , verb intransitive, < *klappo- clap n.1 Middle English cleppen corresponds formally to another type *klappjan , appearing in Middle Low German and Middle Dutch kleppen (whence modern German kleppen , kläppen ), High German kläpfen ; compare cleppe under clap n.1 The primitive Germanic sense is that of ‘make a clap or explosive sound’, whence a wide range of derivative senses in the various languages. If the word was not preserved in Old English, it may have re-entered Middle English from Old Norse; and, in any case, some of the senses are probably of Norse origin; the modern Scandinavian languages have it with the same range of meaning as in English, also with the sense ‘pat endearingly’, as in Scots and northern dialect (sense 9.)
I. Of noise alone.
1.
a. intransitive. To make the hard explosive noise described under clap n.1 Said of agents, instruments, thunder, etc. (Now chiefly dialect.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)]
clap1509
bounce1552
fulminate1651
explode1673
detonate1729
detonize1731
chunk1890
chunk-chunk1898
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxii Clappynge with their helys in chur[c]he.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 485/2 I clappe, I make noyse, as the clapper of a myll, je clacque.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1850/1 The small shotte clapt sodeynly rounde about the house.
1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 42v The boulte is falne ere the Ayre clap.
1743 R. Blair Grave 5 Doors creak, and Windows clap.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 34 A clapper clapping in a garth, To scare the fowl from fruit.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxv We went clapping up a clean stone backstair.
b. Formerly said of a bell; to tinkle.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells
ringc1175
knella1375
clinkc1386
clapc1440
jangle1494
toll1551
knoll1582
chime1583
troll1607
tintinnate1623
swing1645
ding-dong1659
strike1677
jow1786
clam?a1800
to ring in1818
dinglea1839
to strike offa1843
dingle dongle1858
jowl1872
tankle1894
tintinnabulate1906
tong1907
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Cleppyn or clynchyn [1499 clippyn or clynkyn], tinnio. [See also clapping adj.]
2. intransitive. To talk loudly, chatter, prate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]
cacklec1230
chattera1250
clapc1315
jangle1377
blabberc1380
trattlea1425
pratea1475
chat1483
prattlea1500
prittle-prattlea1555
gabble1566
blatter?1567
gaggle1577
clacket1579
knap1581
prittle1583
clack1590
volley1591
tattle1593
prabble1603
out-babble1649
garrulate1656
gabber?1661
chime1697
spiel1904
chitter-chatter1928
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 122 There maie nothinge his tonge daunt That he ne clappeth as a belle.
1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 394 That to myself thus longe Clappid have I!
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. xxiv, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 154 How eloquently, de materia prima they clape.
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xlvii. sig. Bvii Hir tongue was clappyng lyke a paten.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.iv O euyll tonges, which clap at euery winde.
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets i. 3 To heed that cleping Thing ca'd conscience.]
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock v. i. 189 ‘We better say something, Pinkie. You know the kind of thing—he was a real good old pal, we sympathise with what you feel.’ ‘What are you clapping about?’
transitive.c1315 Shoreham Poems 135 Aȝen hy clappeth thys and that.c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 412 [It] Nis nat good what so men clappe or crye.1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 282 All that thou herest thou shalt telle And clappe it out as doth a belle.
II. Of making the noise by particular actions.
†3. intransitive. To strike so as to make a noise; to rap, knock (e.g. at a door). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > so as to produce a sound
clapc1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 281 This sompnour clapped at the widowes gate.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 397 Beat al the windy places with a good hasel wand or with both your hands, clapping vpon the places puffed vp with wind.
1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 433 I clapt every Second of Time Ten or Fifteen times together.
4. To shut (as a door or window) with a clap or explosive noise; to bang, slam.
a. intransitive. Said of a door, window, etc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > become closed (of a door, window, etc.) > with a noise
clapc1470
slam1823
bang1860
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [verb (intransitive)] > of impact or concussion > slam
clapc1470
slap?1796
slam1823
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxvi. vi So sodenly doores and wyndowes al clapped With hydeous noyce.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 807 And þai [jaws] clappe shall full clene, & neuer vnclose aftur.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xviii. 703/1 A dore clapped, and in came rushing men in harnesse.
1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. xii. 79 The upper-lid [of the eye] presently claps down.
1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) i. 25 ‘What noise was that’? said Manfred..‘A door clapped’, said the peasant.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 156 There rose a noise of..doors that clapt.
b. transitive. (Often with to). archaic or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > violently or noisily
clapc1405
to throw to1644
slap1709
slam1775
bounce1786
flap1801
smack1801
slump1836
to fling to1862
bang1878
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > cause sudden or violent sound [verb (transitive)] > of impact or concussion > slam
clapc1405
slam1775
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 552 Te hee quod she, and clapte the wyndow to.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oov A stormy whirlwind blew Throughout the house, that clapped euery dore.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 279 Hostesse clap to the doores. View more context for this quotation
1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) i. 18 [He] clapped the door against the terrified Matilda.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 106 He clapped down the window.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 69 The door was clapped to..and on we drove.
5.
a. transitive. To strike the palms of the hands together with noise (usually, in token of applause, encouragement, or delight; formerly, also, in derision; also, as a signal, etc.). [An earlier const. connecting this with 3 may have been to clap with the hands.]
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > clap
playeOE
clapa1400
a1400 Octouian 569 Tho gan Florence her handys clappe For that tydyng.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 495 Whan this maister..Saugh it was tyme he clapte his handes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappyn hondys togedyr for ioy or for sorowe, complodo.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxvii. 23 Than clappe men their hondes at him, yee and ieast of him.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ps. xcviii. 8 Let the floudes clappe their hondes.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 61 To clap their hands (as boyes are wont to do in dog-fights).
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 124 Preachers..even hired persons to clap their hands.
1810 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights (ed. 2) II. 304 He clapped his hands, when several slaves instantly appeared.
1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down i. xiii. 117 ‘It's ten to one he'll get hold o' the country, unless somebody stops him.’ Bill suddenly clapped his hands.
b. intransitive (‘hands’ not being expressed): To applaud by clapping hands.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (intransitive)] > clap
clap1623
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (intransitive)] > by clapping
beflapa1425
flap1582
clap1623
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII Epil. 14 All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, If they hold, when their Ladies bid 'em clap . View more context for this quotation
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B3v His little Party..had posted themselves at every corner to feigne a more numerous applause: but clap'd out of time.
1721 T. D'Urfey New Opera's 33 If the Audience should chance to Clap here.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vii. 175 Ladies..waved their hands..and clapped and shouted to the gladiators.
c. transitive (elliptically) To clap the hands at, or in honour of, applaud (a person, performance, etc.) with claps. (Rarely, to drive away, out, etc. by clapping the hands.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] > by clapping
clapa1575
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 121 The which John Bacon was whistled and clapped out of Rome.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 258 If the tag-ragge people did not clap him, and hisse him, according as he pleas'd, and displeas'd them. View more context for this quotation
1669 S. Pepys Diary 2 Feb. (1976) IX. 436 Endeed, it was very finely sung, so as to make the whole house clap her.
1721 L. Eusden in J. Addison Wks. I. 264 Crowds the sentiments of every line Impartial clap'd.
1820 R. Southey Life Wesley II. 488 A few bucks clapped and encored him.
†d. (See quot. 1591.)
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1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A3 He..bargained, & bought him..and that the horse-stealer clap him good lucke.
III. Of actions incidentally accompanied by the noise.
6. transitive. To strike, hit, knock, beat, with sounding blows. Obsolete or archaic. (To clap a dish (quot. 1678): cf. clap-dish n.)
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > so as to make a sound > strike with sounding blows
to-dunc1240
clapc1300
thunder1590
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1814 [He] clapte him on þe crune, So þat he stan-ded fel þor dune.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges vii. 19 Thei bigunnen with trompis to cryen, and clappen [a1425 L.V. to bete] togidre bitwix hem seluen the wyn pottis.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clappyn' or knokkyn, pulso.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 485/2 I clappe, I stryke, je frappe. Clappe hym on the backe a good stroke, there is a fysshe bone in his throte.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 473 [He] clapd mee on the face with his foote.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) ix. §3. 195 Clap the empty Hive again, and get as many Bees out as you can.
1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 239 He claps his dish at a wrong mans door.
†7.
a. To strike (hands) reciprocally, in token of a bargain. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > in a specific way
swapc1400
to strike handsc1440
clapa1593
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G3v Ile claps close, Among the lords of France.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. F3 Green. Ist a bargen. Omn. And hands clapt vpon it.
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket v. 240 We neuer clap'd them the hand of couenant.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 130 Giue me your answer, yfaith doe, and so clap hands, and a bargaine. View more context for this quotation
b. Hence apparently the following:—
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 106 Ere I could make thee open thy white Hand: A[nd] clap thy selfe, my Loue. View more context for this quotation
8. Of a bird: To move (the wings) forcibly and repeatedly, so that they strike each other, the sides, or the air; to flap. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (transitive)] > flap (wings)
clapc1400
the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (transitive)] > flap the wings
clapc1400
hover1605
flab?1785
flaff1827
waff1834
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xx. 219 Dyverse foules..clappyng here Wenges to gydere.
1660 Hist. Indep. iv. 48 Having proceeded on thus far successfully, they now begin to clap their wings as invincible.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 248 This Chanticleer..Stood high upon his Toes, and clap'd his Wings.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women lii, in Poems (new ed.) 135 The crested bird That claps his wings at dawn.
9.
a. To slap with the palm of the hand, in token of approval or encouragement; esp. in to clap (a person) on the back (also figurative). In northern dialect (expressing gentler action) to pat in token of endearment, to pat fondly. (So in Icelandic and Danish.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > pat on back
clapa1533
to pat on the back1821
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxii. sig. Sv These lusty damoyselles playnge..wyth these fresshe yonge lusty knightes clappynge theym on the backes with theyr whyte handes.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 71 To kisse one, or clap her on the lippes as we say merely.
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Demulceo, to clap: to straike with the hand.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Sonnets (1887) xxviii. 4 A louing dog was of his maister fane..His courteous maister clappit him agane.
1684 R. Baxter Short Answer in Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches ii. 28 Clapping on the back with encouragement the Drunkards.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 219 She clapp'd his Cheeks, and curl'd his Hair.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 476 Tom Davies clapped him on the back, to encourage him.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Dora in Poems (new ed.) II. 130 His grandsire..clapt him on the hands and on the cheeks, Like one that lov'd him.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island ii. xii. 97 Clapping me in the friendliest way upon the shoulder.
b. To slap or strike with a flat surface, so as to smooth or flatten; to pat. So to clap out. Chiefly northern.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] > with the hand or an instrument
strikec1000
clap1550
pat1583
hand-wave1641
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation
hootc1175
to clap out1550
explose?c1550
explode1563
hiss1598
exsibilate1601
to hum up, down1642
out-hiss1647
chuckle1681
catcall1700
scrape1773
groan1799
to get the (big) bird1825
boo1833
fie-fie1836
goose1838
sibilate1864
cluck1916
bird1927
slow handclap1949
tsk-tsk1966
tut1972
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something flat > so as to flatten or smooth
clap1550
pat1583
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle vi. sig. Dv As the dyer blecher or the laundres washeth, beateth, lompeth, and clappeth the fowle..clothes.
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 286 Dip your Cloths in, and..as they cool take them out and lay them on a Table, and clap them.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xli. 197 The dough being laid on a round board..she clapped it out with her hands till it covered the board.
1824 M. M. Sherwood Waste Not i. 19 She was made to iron, and plait, and stamp and clap, and clear-starch.
IV. Of action resembling the preceding in its prompt energy, but with no notion of noise.
10. transitive.
a. To apply, place, put, set, or ‘stick’, with promptness and effect: originally with the implication that the object in question is promptly brought flat and close to the other surface, but this notion often disappears (see esp. the quotations under 10b), and the word becomes a vivid or picturesque equivalent of ‘put’, ‘place’, with the implication of energetic action easily performed. This notion is also present in senses 11 – 15. Cf. chop v.1 7, stick v.1
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > forcibly, firmly, or quickly
thudc1000
throwa1250
pilt?c1250
casta1300
pusha1350
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paltc1390
thrusta1400
thack1542
clap1559
to throw on1560
planch1575
protrude1638
shove1807
bung1825
shoot1833
slap1836
plunk1866
slam1870
spank1880
1559 Dr. Fecknam in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. App. ix. 62 With a little piece of paper clappid over the..wordes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 388 The King clapped his hands vpon his shoulder and arested him.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 33 Let vs..Grecian armour..Al clap on oure bodyes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 6 [He] claps me his rapier on the boord, and sayes, God send me no need of thee. View more context for this quotation
1605 Play Stucley in Sch. Shaks. (1878) 223 The uncivil Lord..clapt irons on my heels.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. ii. 132 Clap on more sailes, pursue. View more context for this quotation
1654 J. Trapp Comm. Esther i. 20 As a man..clappeth on a plaister.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 144 Claping himself downe vpon the ground.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 20. ⁋2 She clap'd her Fan before her Face.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋13 He clapped spurs to his horse.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 445. ¶1 A Sheet..that must have this new Imprimatur clapt upon it.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 13 Aug. (1965) I. 252 The Parson claps on a broad brim'd hat.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 300 If we clap our hand upon the mouth of a vessel.
1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1807) 40 If any person come near the calves, they clap their heads close to the ground.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 105 Introd. Wild beasts with saddles clapped on their backs, and so called Horses.
1826 Sister's Gift 10 He..mounted, clapped to his spurs, and set off a galloping.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. vii. 104 We clapped on the royals to follow her.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xii. 448 Rücker claps on the Town-seal.
b. (See sense 10a.)
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1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 151 An vnder-hand Fee clapt in the left hand of a Magistrate.
1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 99 These are the clouds, the Devil claps between Heaven and Us.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion x. 1 To heap words on words..only clapping in of some odd adventures to delight the Idiots.
1667 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) II. 121 I would..clap into Kilmallock..good parties of the militia.
1676 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 141 A man clapt his head out at a window.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 315 They presently clap more Victuals or Drink into their Mouthes.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 155 I clapt the Helm a Starboard.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 128 I have nappy Beer; Clap that within.
1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Eighth, Ninth & Last Let. viii. 12 Their prophecies of ruin..will be clapped into the notes of some quaint history.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 234 An angel caught you up and clapped you down.
c. elliptical. = ‘clap an arrow’.
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1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 45 A drew a good bow..a shot a fine shoote..a woulde haue clapt ith clowt at twelue score. View more context for this quotation
†d. to clap hold of: to lay hold of promptly.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp
i-fangc888
gripc950
repeOE
befongOE
keepc1000
latchc1000
hentOE
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becatchc1200
fang?c1200
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warpa1225
fastenc1225
arepa1250
to set (one's) hand(s onc1290
kip1297
cleach?a1300
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fasta1325
reachc1330
seizec1374
beclipc1380
takea1387
span1398
to seize on or upon1399
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handc1460
to catch hold1520
to take hold1530
to lay hold (up)on, of1535
grasple1553
to have by the backa1555
handfast1562
apprehend1572
grapple1582
to clap hold of1583
comprehend1584
graspa1586
attach1590
gripple1591
engrasp1593
clum1594
to seize of1600
begriple1607
fast hold1611
impalm1611
fista1616
to set (one's) hand to1638
to get one's hands on1649
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 437 To clappe hould of Jesus Christ.
1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 29 He claps hold of them by a kind of peg that growes on his tayl.
†e. Nautical. to clap (a vessel) aboard, on board: to lay her on board, fall aboard of her, board her (see aboard adv. 2b, board n. 12c, board v. 1). Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (transitive)] > come alongside to fight
to board withc1460
boarda1513
to lay (a ship) aboard1569
to clap (a vessel) aboard, on board1583
to lay (a ship) on board1677
to lay close1799
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 88 b Foure or fiue..[men of warre] began to assayle her [the Gally] to haue clapt her a bord.
a1625 J. Fletcher Chances i. ix, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaa2v/2 All your discretion Is not yet lost; this was well clapt aboard.
1671 London Gaz. No. 630/1 Finding the said ship a great way a sterne of the men of Warr, they clapped her on board, and..made themselves Masters of her.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World viii. 278 They clapp'd her on board, but not holding fast, they fell astern.
f. to clap eyes on: to get a sight of. colloquial.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of
underyetec1000
aspya1250
kenc1275
ofyetec1275
choosea1300
akenc1300
descrivec1300
ofkenc1300
readc1300
espyc1320
descryc1330
spyc1380
discernc1405
discover1553
scan1558
scry1558
decern1559
describe1574
to make out1575
escry1581
interview1587
display1590
to set sight of (in)c1595
sight1602
discreevec1650
glance1656
to catch a glimpse of1679
steal1731
oversee1735
glimpse1779
twig1796
to clap eyes on1838
spot1848
sky1900
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxvi. 113 You might never have clapped eyes upon the boy.
1887 W. Besant World Went x. 80 I never clapped eyes on you before to my knowledge.
11. esp. To put (with promptitude or high-handedness) in prison or custody; to imprison, confine. Also simply to clap up ( †to clap fast): ‘to imprison with little formality or delay’ (Johnson).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)]
beclosec1000
setc1100
steekc1175
prison?c1225
adightc1275
imprison1297
laya1325
keepc1330
presentc1380
locka1400
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commise1480
clapc1530
shop1548
to lay up1565
incarcerate1575
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immure1598
hole1608
trunk1608
to keep (a person) darka1616
carceir1630
enjaila1631
pocket1631
bridewell1733
bastille1745
cage1805
quod1819
bag1824
carcerate1839
to send down1840
jug1841
slough1848
to send up1852
to put away1859
warehouse1881
roundhouse1889
smug1896
to bang up1950
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > construct or compile carelessly
to clap upc1530
ruffle1533
huddle1579
to knock off1886
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. F Then art thou clappyd in the flete or clynke.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 667 The King caused him to be clapt in prison.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F8 They are sometimes sent to prison, clapt in irons, manicled.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iv. 50 Let them be clapt vp close. View more context for this quotation
a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 73 Wee'le clap you up, and you shall sue to us ere you get out.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 142 Let him be clapt up in Gaol till he pays the whole.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 303 Certain Nobles whom the King had clapt up.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 82 He was..clapt in fetters.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine v What did the creditors do but clap my gay gentleman into Shrewsbury gaol.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. vi. 95 Some were clapt in prison.
12. figurative. To impose as with authority. (Cf. quot. 1712 at sense 10a.)
a. To impose, place, set, station (a sentinel, guard, workman, attendant) upon, on, etc. archaic.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose > impose authoritative figure upon
clap1705
1705 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 623 They have centinells clapt upon them to prevent a duel.
1708 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 270 Clap somebody upon them, as servants for me.
a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 36 A Guard was there clapt upon him.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 2 To arrest him for that very debt, to clap an officer upon him.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Dessus Clap on here twenty hands! the order from an officer for twenty men to be employed on some particular duty.
1820 Ld. Byron Let. 9 Dec. (1977) VII. 246 I have..clapt sentinels at the doors.
b. figurative. To impose or lay (a liability, action, writ, duty, etc.); to impose or apply (a name, etc.); †to lay the blame or responsibility of (obsolete). Const. on or upon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give (a name)
setc1000
shapeOE
to lay onc1450
imposec1500
clap1609
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute
witec893
challenge1297
weena1300
to bear upon —c1300
likenc1400
layc1425
to put upa1438
object1447
establish1483
impose1484
reproach1490
annotea1513
lade1535
appoint1553
burden1559
clap1609
to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611
upcast1825
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > impose
setc888
layOE
to lay on11..
enjoin?c1225
join1303
adjoina1325
cark1330
taxa1375
puta1382
impose1581
aggravate1583
fasten1585
clap1609
levy1863
octroy1865
1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. E2v Now thou hitst the finger right, Vpon the shoulder of Ingratitude: Thou hast clapt an action of flat felony.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 78 On your heads [Ile] Clap round Fines for neglect. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 25 He set on fire the Edifices..and..clapt the wicked fact upon the backs of Christians.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 36 I'll clap a writ on your back.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 241 One who should speak thus..would..have clapp'd upon him one of..two Names.
1850 R. W. Emerson Plato in Representative Men ii. 79 He has clapped copyright on the world.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. viii. 137 A title..selected and made ready for clapping upon it.
1884 Manch. Examiner 1 Nov. 5/2 He would have us clap import duties on the manufactures of other countries.
13.
†a. To put or stick together, construct or put up, hastily or without much care. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > patch together
patcha1529
to shuffle up1532
rash1570
bepiece1578
cobble1589
consarcinate1610
to clap upa1616
clap1649
to knock up1683
patchwork1856
to fadge up1863
to knock together1874
fake1879
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 10 The lip-work of every Prelatical Liturgist, clapt together, and quilted out of Scripture phrase.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Hh3v The buildings..clapt up together without Art, and of little beauty.
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 28 Belconies clapt up in the old Wall.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 86. ¶5 As bad a System of Features as ever was clap'd together.
b. to clap up: to make, settle, or concoct hastily (a match, agreement, etc.); ‘to complete suddenly without much precaution’ (Johnson). (Rarely without up.) archaic.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > patch together
patcha1529
to shuffle up1532
rash1570
bepiece1578
cobble1589
consarcinate1610
to clap upa1616
clap1649
to knock up1683
patchwork1856
to fadge up1863
to knock together1874
fake1879
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > make, compile, or concoct
to shuffle up1532
rash1570
huddle1579
to knock upc1580
to clap upa1616
to run up1686
to knock out1856
to knock off1886
whang1935
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 321 Was euer match clapt vp so sodainly? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 161 To clap this royall bargaine vp of peace. View more context for this quotation
1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iii. sig. E3 v There's no way but to clap vp a marriage in hugger mugger.
1665 T. H. Exact Surv. Affaires Netherlands 166 They can clap a League with the Turk.
1676 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Williamson in Wks. (1731) II. 371 To clap up an Agreement with Denmark, for arming a joint Fleet next Summer.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xii. 300 The grand signior..clapt up a peace with the Venetians.
1883 J. Payne 1001 Nights VI. 325 Go this very day..and clap up an acquaintance with him.
14.
a. intransitive (for reflexive). To press, get, ‘stick’, or lie close (to, in, etc. any thing). Now chiefly Scottish.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > remain near to
to hold quarter withc1550
clap1608
to hang togethera1616
hug1824
cling1842
1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one ii. sig. C4v Clap sure to him widdow.
1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. sig. E4v Clap in with him that getteth the day.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Oct. 4/2 The young deer ‘clap’ in their forms, and rise only when the eye is directly upon them. (Cf. 10 a, quot. 1790.)
†b. Nautical. to clap on (or by) a wind: to bring the ship's head closer to windward, sail nearer to the wind. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward
luff1390
to spring one's luff1591
to clap on (or by) a wind1627
to close the wind1673
to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind1726
to come up1743
to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 If hee clap close by a wind.
1673 Relation Re-taking St. Helena 4 They clapped by a Wind, and We after them.
1708 London Gaz. No. 4422/7 They clapp'd again upon a Wind and left us.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 307 Fearing she was one of the Enemy's men of war, I clapp'd on a wind.
†15.
a. intransitive (for reflexive = to clap oneself anywhere): To come or go with sudden and decisive motion, throw oneself, drop, fall, strike in. Obsolete except as in 15c. (Cf. chop v.1 8.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with impetuous speed
leapOE
swengec1000
swingOE
throwc1275
hurla1300
dashc1300
fling1300
stetec1330
lance?a1400
slinga1400
whirlc1400
wringc1400
dingc1450
whither1487
chop1555
to cast (also lay) one's heels in one's neck1599
clap1603
precipitate1622
teara1627
toss1727
to keep on at a score1807
whing1882
whirlwind1894
to go off full score1900
careen1923
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 730 Their horsemen..clapt behind them, to haue there charged them.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 5 They clapped again about you and kept you two Years a captive.
1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 247 Thou clapest downe on thy seat to sleep.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 63 Hearing of a vacancy with a Noble-man, he clap'd in, and easily obtained to be his Chaplain.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 115 To take the Advantage..and clap in between them and their Boats.
1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxi. 203 Whether to take her first, and then catch the Chickens, or to let her go off, and then clap upon them.
†b. figurative. ‘To enter with alacrity and briskness upon anything’ (Johnson); to strike into. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing [verb (intransitive)] > be ready or prompt
clapa1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 10 Come, sit, sit, and a song..Shal we clap into't roundly.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 38 Truly Sir, I would desire you to clap into your prayers. View more context for this quotation
c. absol. to clap on: to apply oneself with energy to a task; to ‘set to’. colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically
to go to it1490
busklea1535
settle1576
to lay on1587
to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658
to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678
yark1721
to get going1822
to pitch in1835
to roll up one's sleeves1838
square1849
to clap on1850
to wire in (also away)1864
to dig in1884
hunker1903
tie into1904
to get cracking1937
to get stuck in1938
to get weaving1942
to get it on1954
1850 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour xxxi, in New Monthly Mag. Jan. 105 Why didn't he clap on, and try to catch up the hounds at a check?
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Who says Amen? Who will clap on with a will?
V. Erroneous uses, due to confusion.
†16. = clip v.1, clasp, embrace.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)]
clipc950
freeOE
beclipc1000
windc1175
fang?c1200
yokec1275
umgripea1300
to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300
umbefold14..
collc1320
lapc1350
bracec1375
embracec1386
clapa1400
folda1400
halsea1400
umbeclapa1400
accollc1400
fathomc1400
halchc1400
haspc1400
hoderc1440
plighta1450
plet?a1500
cuddlec1520
complect1523
umbfoldc1540
clasp1549
culla1564
cully1576
huggle1583
embosom1590
wrap1594
collya1600
cling1607
bosom1608
grasp1609
comply1648
huddlea1650
smuggle1679
inarm1713
snuggle1775
cwtch1965
a1400–50 Alexander 384 Þen kisses he kenely þe quene · & clappis in armes.
a1400–50 Alexander 3237, and 5252.
†17.
a. = clepe v., call.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as
sayOE
calla1250
deemc1400
nevenc1425
qualify?1465
designa1500
expound1530
style1570
read1590
intenda1599
dub1607
instyle1607
phrase1607
enstyle1616
speaka1625
cognominate1632
determine1653
clapa1657
designate1669
intimate1799
nominate1799
bedub1884
tab1924
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cclxix, in Poems (1878) IV. 68 Hee calls 'em in..And claps the better Runners by their Names.
b. Combinations in which the verb-stem is the first element: see clap n.1 Compounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clapv.2

Brit. /klap/, U.S. /klæp/
Etymology: < clap n.2
Obsolete in polite use.
transitive. To infect with clap. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > infect with venereal disease [verb (transitive)] > with gonorrhoea
clap1658
1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James (1673) 514 Atropos clapt him, a Pox on the Drab!
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. vii. ii. 6 If the Patient hath been formerly clapt, it will be more difficult to cure him.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 249 [They] had ne'er been clap'd with a poetic Itch.
1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 30 His understanding is clapt.
1738 Laws of Chance Pref. 9 It is hardly 1 to 10..that a Town-Spark of that Age has not been clap'd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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