💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Handclapping"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| clappingnoun | The action by which someone or something claps. |
| clapalongnoun | (rare) A musical performance which the audience is encouraged to accompany by clapping the hands. |
| handclapnoun | A single clap of the hands. |
| clapnoun | The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together. |
| clapternoun | The sound of applause or clapping. |
| round of applausenoun | (idiomatic) An outburst of clapping among a group or audience. |
| clapbacknoun | (countable, originally African-American Vernacular, informal) A witty or sarcastic retort. |
| handnoun | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. |
| golf clapnoun | A sarcastic or humorous form of applause performed by lightly and rapidly clapping the fingers of one hand against the palm of the other, used to show indifference or disdain, or to show polite or quiet appreciation. |
| applaudingverb | applause |
| afterclapnoun | The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event. |
| claptrapnoun | Empty verbiage or nonsense. |
| cloutingnoun | The act of giving a clout, or striking somebody. |
| fairy clapnoun | A form of clapping where one or two fingers on each hand are tapped against the palms of the same hand, rather than striking the hands together. |
| clapper talknoun | A form of Chinese narrative singing accompanied by a pair of clappers. |
| clackernoun | (UK, US, often in the plural) A testicle. |
| claquenoun | (collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo. |
| jaleonoun | The clapping that accompanies it. |
| slow clapnoun | A form of applause (especially used in films for dramatic effect) that slowly crescendoes from one person's clapping to a crowd's. |
| clangernoun | (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas. |
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