clap
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Peeves include contestants who don’t clap for their competitors or make faces when they whiff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
And we would be right to laugh or clap back more often, retaliating against those towns that take themselves too seriously.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
Agents scattered, and one of them appeared to clap.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
When we clap someone on the back, we can, however unintentional, inadvertently be thumping someone else.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
The simplest thing to do is to find recordings of quality music and play songs with an even, steady beat and have children move, clap, tap, patsch, hit an instrument, or walk to that beat.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing clap
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 7
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