0 to make a short loud noise by hitting your hands together: --
1 to put a person or thing somewhere quickly or suddenly: --
2 to hit someone lightly on the shoulder or back in a friendly way, especially to express pleasure at what they have done: --
3 the act of clapping your hands continuously to show that you like or admire someone or something: --
4 the act of hitting someone lightly on the shoulder or back in a friendly way, especially to express pleasure at what they have done: --
5 slang for gonorrhoea UK : --
She engages the audiences by asking either for a show of hands of former "cats and stomps" or by clapping.
Repeated clapping motion in which target is trapped between the palms.
This freed him to clap rhythms, improvise vocally, move round the class to help pupils and assess their work, and give instructions.
For another example, many times when the music stops - you're not supposed to clap.
During their performances, audience members stood, clapped, whistled, and moved in place.
Yet they also responded to both aural and visual cues emanating from the screen, clapping and bouncing as characters or presenters did so.
The clap of the stage manager that halts the discussion not only affects the workers but the visitor who records the conversation.
When the audience noticed this, they began to clap, and continued clapping throughout the musical interlude that precedes the epilogue.
