present participle of clap

The action by which someone or something claps.

(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.

plural of clapperboard

In a clapping manner.

Without a clapper (as of a bell).

(simile, UK, informal) Very hard or very rapidly.

(obsolete) To fight and scratch. / (obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.

A form of Chinese narrative singing accompanied by a pair of clappers.

plural of happy-clappy