clapping

Verb

Present participle of clap.

Noun

(plural clappings)

The action by which someone or something claps.

Origin

From clap +‎ -ing.

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Sentence Examples

She jumped up and down clapping her hands.
Ingrid was clapping at the television, and his gaze flickered to the screen.
And a minute or two later the Frenchman, a black-eyed fellow with a spot on his cheek, in shirt sleeves, really did jump out of a window on the ground floor, and clapping Pierre on the shoulder ran with him into the garden.
Dean thought he'd lost her completely but she remained sitting, clapping with the other spectators—a bit too strenuously—as the puppy parade continued.
"Pierre," her bodyguard introduced himself, clapping him on the arm.

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