handclap
Example Sentences
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“Geno Smith respect” followed by a handclap emoji, Fox Sports’ NFL account tweeted to its 3.2 million followers.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Some participants seemed to know what was happening, because I noticed heart and handclap emojis radiating above the heads of several in the room.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
Every indignant handclap on Twitter seems to be calling out for the adult in the room.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2017
The artist responsible is 21-year-old Angel Haze, who raps so deftly, ferociously and with such menace over its stark and clattering handclap beat that "flow" seems too mellow a word for her delivery.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012
“Do you know what a handclap looks like?”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.