单词 | hand-clapping |
释义 | hand-clappingn. The action or an act of clapping the hands together; esp. repeated clapping of the hands to show appreciation, applause. 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 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving Epil. 96 To boxe their eares with loud hand-clapping. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. ii. 203 The noyse of the people, and the hand-clappings of all the principall Spectators. 1800 New Pocket-dict. Eng. & German Langs. Handeklatschen, hand-clapping. 1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 303 If rumour and hand-clapping could be credited. 1888 D. C. Murray Weaker Vessel I. i. 3 A dropping fire of hand-clapping. 1948 B. G. M. Sundkler Bantu Prophets S. Afr. vi. 189 After the hymn..sung with gusto and more handclapping, the testimonies begin. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren vi. 94 Bangor children find that an innocent hand-clapping game goes neatly to the words. 2012 Windsor (Ontario) Star (Nexis) 16 May s6 Don your kilt and wear your dancing shoes for a night of hand-clapping, toe-tapping and prancing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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