Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLAP, n.

1. A driving together; a thrust and collision of bodies with noise, usually bodies with broad surfaces. Give the door a clap. – Swift.
2. A sudden act or motion; a thrust. Pay all debts at one clap. – Swift.
3. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion; as, a clap of thunder.
4. An act of applause; a striking of hands to express approbation. – Addison.
5. A veneral infection. [Fr. clapoir; D. klapoor.] – Pope.
6. With falconers, the nether part of the beak of a hawk. – Bailey.