hand-clapping
Example Sentences
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After some girls completed their classwork recently, they played a hand-clapping game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
No sign of that at time of writing, and there was a desk-banging, hand-clapping show of unity from Labour MSs in yesterday's debate.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
The singer’s husband, former hockey player Mike Fisher, commented “thank you!!” alongside two hand-clapping emoji.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
When this show opened in 1970, The New York Times called it “a hand-clapping, foot-tapping, sky-reaching, finger-jabbing, body-swaying, ear-splitting musical revue.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
Once inside, twenty-seven pairs of hands played hand-clapping games.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
