clapとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English clappen, from 古期英語 clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa.

名詞

clap (複数形 claps)

Two men clapping.

1. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.

   He summoned the waiter with a clap.

2. The explosive sound of thunder.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483:

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

3. Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.

   Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.

   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants

     Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.

4. A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.

   His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.

5. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:

     What, fifty of my followers at a clap!

6. (falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
7. (Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) ^[1]
   • 1890, John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire, page 139

     “Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”

同意語

• (sound of thunder): thunderclap
• See also Thesaurus:applause

派生語

• clapalong
• clapboard
• clapbread
• clapdish
• clap-gate
• clap-net
• clap of thunder
• clapometer
• clap-sill
• claptrap
• thunderclap

関連する語

• clap skate

動詞

clap (third-person singular simple present claps, present participle clapping, simple past and past participle clapped or (古風な用法) clapt)

1. To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.

   The children began to clap in time with the music.

2. To applaud.

   The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.

   It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.

3. To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.

   He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.

4. To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.

   He clapped the empty glass down on the table.

   She clapped the book shut.

   He clapped across the floor in his boots.

   • 1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden

     Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Concerned in a Dangerous Adventure with a Certain Gardener; […]”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541, page 49, column 1:

     [...] Pipes, who acted as the enemy's forlorn hope, advanced to the gate with great intrepidity, and clapping his foot to the door, which was none of the ſtouteſt, with the execution and diſpatch of a petard, ſplit it into a thouſand pieces.

5. To come together suddenly with noise.
   • 1677, John Dryden, All for Love

     The doors around me clapped.

6. To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up または together).

   We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.

   The rival factions clapped up a truce.

7. To set or put, usually in haste.

   The sheriff clapped him in jail.

   She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.

   • 1693, [John Locke], “§138”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482:

     He had just time to get in and clap to the door.

   • 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559961973:

     Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.

8. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.

派生語

• beclap
• clap eyes on
• clap hold of
• clap on
• clap up
• clapped out
• clapper
• clapping

参考

• applaud
• applause

語源 2

Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”). Attested from the 16th century.^[2][3]

名詞

clap (複数形 claps)

1. (slang, with "the") Gonorrhea.
   • 1821 [c. 1580], Alexander Montgomerie, “The Flyting”, in The Poems of Alexander Montgomery‎^[1], page 115:

     With the mischiefe of the melt and maw, / The clape and the canker,—

   • 1972, Richard Hooker, MASH‎^[2], page 32:

     “What in hell makes you think he's got the clap?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka

   • 1980, Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, page 295:

     He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.

   • 1998, Dan Savage, Savage Love, page 229:

     When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap, he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.

   • [2006, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn, The STDs Update, page 40:

     Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap, is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.]

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