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handclapping

NOUN
hand
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Anticipation fills the air with their chatter and giggly handclapping games as they await the audition call.

From Seattle Times Dec. 19, 2014

Whenever you hear angels handclapping be sure that Maestro is playing his guitar somewhere.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2014

Here came the rhythmic handclapping and Hirt’s tenor over the loudspeakers for a seventh time, the Saints, on this night, having marched in every which way there is.

From Washington Post Nov. 12, 2013

I introduced him, he played Space Oddity and they started slow handclapping.

From The Guardian Feb. 23, 2013

The President came in; there was handclapping above us in the grand stand, and I handed the glasses to Brett.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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