Thesaurus results for CLAPPED

clapped

verb

variants also clapt

past tense of clap

as in slapped

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner clapped him on the back as a friendly gesture

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Recent Examples of clapped As the song concluded, the soon-to-be citizens clapped and returned to their seats, while another speaker asked them to stand and remain standing when their country was called. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 Holding small American flags, the cohort of new citizens waved and clapped along to patriotic music sung by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ TOSCA a capella ensemble. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 4 July 2026 Travis, 36, cheered throughout the introduction and clapped in support of their special guest. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 The wildfire survivors clapped and cheered after the bill cleared the committee. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 At one fountain, a folk band dipped their toes in the water on Saturday, as festivalgoers clapped along or cooled their hands under the flowing stream. — Jez Fielder, Fortune, 30 June 2026 At one fountain, a folk band dipped their toes in the water on Saturday, as festivalgoers clapped along or cooled their hands under the flowing stream. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 Dressed in their school uniforms, classmates stood on chairs set up in the cafeteria and clapped along as the band — then, The Coast Watchers — plucked instrumental-only surf rock tunes. — Chris Placek, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 The Roots kicked off the ceremony as guests clapped and swayed in the audience. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clapped

Verb

Women slapped their heads with their hands in mourning, while men beat their chests in unison, a tradition observed at Shia Muslim funerals.

— Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 6 July 2026
Chestnut drunkenly slapped a man at a bar in Indiana and pleaded guilty to the charge in April.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of slapped

Verb

Eury Perez dominated with seven perfect innings, and the Miami Marlins smacked four homers before holding on for a wild 9-8 victory over the host Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Wyatt-Hodge, who launched the tournament two weeks ago with a century against Sri Lanka, smacked a 32-ball fifty.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026

Definition of smacked

Verb

In a scathing Instagram post this morning, LuPone, who has long been devoted to her equally enamored gay fandom, slammed Turkey’s latest homophobic move.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Investigators said the Tesla slammed through a brick home at a high rate of speed, fatally striking Avila.

— Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

The Cabo Verde contingent behind Dibu Martinez’s goal danced and banged their drums as Duarte got in behind Lisandro Martinez and sent a shot past Dibu.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 4 July 2026
It was rewarded when Baena broke in on the left side and lifted a pass to an unmarked Porro, who banged home an emphatic header for his first international goal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

Beyond Hicks’ contributions, Heriberto Hernandez and Owen Caissie hit home runs, while Lopez and Edwards each tallied a hit, while Jakob Marsee ended the game with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning.

— Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
He was evaluated by the medical staff, hit in the cage and decided to play.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026