Entry Word: clap

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a loud explosive sound <a clap of thunder that woke the whole house up>

Synonyms bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, snap, thwack, whack

Related Words clang, clangor, clank, clash; knock, rap, tap; clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar

2 a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument <a sharp clap to the head of the disrespectful youth> — see ¹blow