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Clap dish

Clap \Clap\ (kl[a^]p), n.

  1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. ``Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.''
    --Swift.

  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.