claps (together or up)

present tense third-person singular of clap (together or up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for claps (together or up)
Verb
  • No one wants to give up on Erica, especially Uhura, who devises a plan to send another shuttle through the wormhole to rescue Erica.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Mary’s enterprising sister Edith (Laura Carmichael) devises a plan to invite Coward, in whose show their friend Guy Dexter (Dominic West), now secretly in a relationship with their former servant Thomas (Robert James-Collier), is appearing.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lockjaw, obsessed with everything about Perfidia, concocts a reason to send authorities into the town where Bob and Willa are living.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Marcus du Sautoy believes that the creative impulses underlying mathematics and art are so similar that any artist working in any form improvises mathematically even when the artist doesn’t know it.
    Rebecca Coffey, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On fourth-and-2 from 48-yard line, Nix fakes pitch to Dobbins and Sutton is open from moment left line of scrimmage because of formation.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The story follows Bárbara, rebellious and broke, who fakes her way into a convent for a private room and some peace—only to find herself on an unexpected spiritual journey.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His upstairs neighbor the last few years has been Chad Hueffmeier, who runs Poseidon Resources, a company that manufactures dietary supplements sold at gas stations and smoke shops.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Mammoth Hockey, meanwhile, is a small business that manufactures a niche product.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Claps (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claps%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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