2. To strike the hands together in applause.
Their ladies bid them clap. --Shak.
3. To come together suddenly with noise.
The doors around me clapped. --Dryden.
4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
[Obs.] ``Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . .
saying we are hoarse?'' --Shak.
5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and
claps its silver wings. --Marvell.
2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt
manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
--Locke
Clap an extinguaisher upon your irony. --Lamb.
3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands
together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
{To clap hands}.
(a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] --Lam. ii. 15.
{To clap hold of}, to seize roughly or quickly.
{To clap up}.
(a) To imprison hastily or without due formality.
(b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] ``Was ever match
clapped up so suddenly?'' --Shak.
2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
Horrible claps of thunder. --Hakewill.
3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
What, fifty of my followers at a clap! --Shak.
4. A striking of hands to express approbation.
Unextrected claps or hisses. --Addison.
5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
{Clap dish}. See {Clack dish}, under {Clack}, n.
{Clap net}, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap
together.