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clap

verb as in applaud; slap with approbation

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The machine was collected from North Shields in March 2024 and was welcomed with claps and cheers when it reached Coniston later that day.

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But claps were generous for Swift’s closer, which saw the artist sincerely thanking her fans for being her muse.

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It’s stiff karaoke that earns a confounded polite clap.

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The reigning Masters champion didn’t take such treatment quietly, clapping back at times with profanity or gestures of his own.

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Supporters clapped and cheered the arrestees, with some being carried off by multiple officers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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