claps 1 of 2

plural of clap

claps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clap

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of claps
Noun
Stewart said to massive claps from the audience. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 Owen Wilson’s Stick has been renewed for a second season; the news was likely received to just mild golf claps among the online golfing community. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025 Bounces reporter Ben Rothenberg noted that the president received some claps as well. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025 However, videos of a booing crowd with a few claps quickly made it to social media. Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Legacy is made from the small, repeatable disciplines no one claps for, but everyone benefits from. Cody Bjugan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 And a couple claps their way through Swift's discography. Bryan West, The Tennessean, 8 Aug. 2025 Koko yelps and claps in surprise. David Cavell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 Green claps along, and is visibly impressed when Freeman hits that signature high note. Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025 Detroit Pistons team owner Tom Gores claps during the press conference on July 30, 2021 at the Pistons Performance Center in Detroit, Michigan. Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 When the camera zooms in on Haines, the gnat can be seen buzzing around above her head (as evidenced in Entertainment Weekly's extremely serious investigative photos below) before Goldberg launches her military action and claps her hands while Haines speaks. EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 As the crowd claps, Robert stares at Yas. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for claps
Noun
  • Her wispy curtain bangs were also accentuated at the front, grazing her temples.
    Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • No, the bangs were not my idea.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the scrum disperses, D’Angelo turns to you and slaps you five.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • By the end, only one of the assassins is alive; Brian ties him to a tree and slaps him around a bit, demanding to know who hired him.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As the market for vintage fashion booms and competition at auction heats up, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne has emerged as a force to be reckoned with.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That said, Dexter’s signature burger knocks it out of the park, with two uber-beefy, coarsely ground patties and a lightly sweet and super fluffy bun, plus American cheese, thin pickle slices, red onion and dijonnaise.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Gap High-Rise Cuffed Wide-Leg Jeans Gap’s denim collection always knocks it out of the park, and these cuffed wide-leg jeans are no exception.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Steve Considine, a National Weather Service meteorologist in White Lake Township, warned that the report does suggest occasional bone-chilling arctic blasts and possibly more snow or rain than usual.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Buds fall off when exposed to blasts of cold air or heat.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Despite its 2-5 record, Cleveland can throw some punches through one of the fiercest defensive lines in football.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Leo pulls no punches as Lizzo matches her intensity in a whisper.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This week, Megan Thee Stallion enters her lover girl era, Hayley Williams throws it back to Paramore’s After Laughter heyday with a funky love song, and Demi Lovato hits the club or her new not-that-deep studio album.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • New Delhi pollution hits five-year high Air pollution in New Delhi hit a five-year high this week, as Diwali fireworks combined with farming fires to shroud the city in a toxic haze.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The actress paired her white gown with pops of red all over, including her lipstick and her bright red slingback pumps from the Larroudé x Altuzarra collaboration.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Jenna Fischer appeared on the show to help make gingerbread cake pops, Kinsey’s TV husband, Rainn Wilson, dropped in to whip up vegan avocado brownies and Kate Flannery joined in on the fun, serving up Irish potato candy.
    Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Claps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claps. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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