Thesaurus / clap
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Researchers thought the wing clap likely formed a pocket of air that shoots out like a jet.
BUTTERFLIES USE JET PROPULSION FOR QUICK GETAWAYSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 15, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe pocket shape “dramatically improves the clap by trapping more air and creating a stronger jet.”
BUTTERFLIES USE JET PROPULSION FOR QUICK GETAWAYSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 15, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSResearchers thought they knew how the clap worked, he notes.
BUTTERFLIES USE JET PROPULSION FOR QUICK GETAWAYSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 15, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSPrevious research had suggested that a butterfly’s overhead wing clap forces the insect forward.
BUTTERFLIES USE JET PROPULSION FOR QUICK GETAWAYSALISON PEARCE STEVENSMARCH 15, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSHe once joked to The Washington Post that it was “a little bit like saying you have the clap.”
HUGH NEWELL JACOBSEN, AWARD-WINNING MODERNIST ARCHITECT, DIES AT 91KATHY ORTONMARCH 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST"We have a grandfather in Greenfield," spoke up the youngest child before his sister could clap her hand over his mouth.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNERBut ten thousand saw Musa's hand clap to hilt, and Iftikhar's lance half fall to rest.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISViscount Melbourne expressed himself to the effect that the Earl of Ripon's motion came like a thunder-clap upon him.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANYou had a very fair clap-trap against us, as we happened to be master manufacturers, in saying that we wanted to reduce wages.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANYou can't clap a new head on to old shoulders without upsetting circulation and equilibrium.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME 2IAN HAMILTONWORDS RELATED TO CLAP
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