All clap synonyms
clap
C c verb clap
- applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
- cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- pat — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
- bang — If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
- slap — a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- acclaim — If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
- thwack — to strike or beat vigorously with something flat; whack.
- whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- give a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
noun clap
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- thrust — to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- wallop — to beat soundly; thrash.
- applause — Applause is the noise made by a group of people clapping their hands to show approval.
- blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- boom — If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
- crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
- smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- thunder — a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- wham — a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact: the wham of a pile driver.