clap

• 拍手する、拍手する；パチンと閉める
• vt.拍手する、拍手喝采する；誰かをやさしくたたく
• n. 拍手する；手をたたく
• n.（拍手する）人の名前；（中略）拍手する

拍手の音を模したオノマトペ。

clap (v.)

Old English cl?ppan "to throb, beat," common Germanic, echoic (cognate with Old Frisian klapa "to beat," Old Norse klappa, Old High German klaphon, German klappen, Old Saxon klapunga). Meaning "to strike or knock" is from c. 1300. Meaning "to make a sharp noise" is late 14c. Of hands, to beat them together to get attention or express joy, from late 14c. To clap (someone) on the back is from 1520s. Related: Clapped; clapping.

clap (n.1)

"loud noise," c. 1200, from clap (v.). Of thunder, late 14c. Meaning "sudden blow" is from c. 1400; meaning "noise made by slapping the palms of the hands together" is from 1590s.

clap (n.2)

"gonorrhea," 1580s, of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle English clapper "rabbit-hole," from Old French clapoire (Modern French clapier), originally "rabbit burrow" (of uncertain origin), but given a slang extension to "brothel" and also the name of a disease of some sort. In English originally also a verb, "to infect with clap." Related: Clap-doctor.

1. Let 's give the children a big clap .

子供たちに大きな拍手を送りましょう。

2.The captain ordered his men to clap on more sail.

船長は船員に複数の帆を命令した。

3.Let 's give her a big clap .

私たちは彼女に大きな拍手を送った。

4.She 's a good singer.Let 's clap her on.

彼女は歌が上手なので、拍手で迎えましょう。

5.She gives hima clap on the back.

彼女は彼の背中をたたいた。