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How to pronounce “clap”

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Pronunciation guide for clap

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of clap with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: CommitJust raise your hands and clap your hands vigorously
Definition summary: The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

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Commit

Just raise your hands and clap your hands vigorously

[Noun]
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
The explosive sound of thunder.
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) [1]
[Verb]
(intransitive) To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
(transitive) To applaud.
(transitive) To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
(ambitransitive) To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
(obsolete) To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
(transitive) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
(transitive) To set or put, usually in haste.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
(slang) To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
(transitive, slang) To defeat.