clap

1. 1.

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonymsbangeruptionblastbam

   Broadernoise

   Narrowerwater hammer
2. 2.

   a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

   Synonymsgonorrheagonorrhoea

   Broadervenereal disease
3. 3.

   a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

   Synonymsclack

   Broadernoise

Other forms of clap

plural

claps·

past tense or participle

clapped

present participle

clapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clap

What does clap mean?

clap means "put quickly or forcibly". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clap?

clap has 1 syllable: clap. In IPA it is /ˈklæp/.

What is another word for clap?

Close synonyms include applaud, spat, acclaim, spat, bang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clap a common word?

clap is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.