clap
verbUK /klæp/
US /klæp/
To hit your hands together to make a loud sound.
The audience clapped after the show.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A loud sound made by hitting your hands together.
We heard a clap of thunder.
3. To hit something lightly with your open hand.
She clapped him on the back.
4. A disease that can be treated with medicine.
The doctor said it was just the clap.