Thesaurus results for CLAPT

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 An emotional Kuyper held her face in her hands and appeared to be tearing up, before embracing her teammates as everyone clapped. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 Carey clapped in celebration, opening her homecoming with a hit. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Leonard cruised into second, clapped his hands and pointed towards his mom, dad, wife and friend in the stands. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 As McIver built clouds and caterpillars from soap water, the children clapped and cheered in unison. — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 23 July 2026 Last week, as dusk draped over the water, fans clapped the musicians through their last song of the night. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 Dybantsa clapped repeatedly after nearly causing Clifford to commit an eight-second violation. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 July 2026 After the performance, Moore clapped and embraced the girls in a group hug. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clapped

Verb

After making the grab, Allen celebrated briefly, then slapped hands with Delane.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency authorized to regulate event contract exchanges, slapped multiple states with lawsuits in response.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of slapped

Verb

The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of knocked

Verb

During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

Moehrig responded with 103 tackles — one off his 2024 total — while establishing career highs with 14 tackles for loss, three sacks and seven quarterback hits.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The height of hurricane season looms, and Gulf Coast refineries have in the past been derailed by major hurricanes hitting the Gulf Coast.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026