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Definition of clap
clap
- British slang for 'beat up'
Last edited on Jan 24 2019. Submitted by Anonymous from Westminster, London, UK on Jan 24 2019.
verb - transitive
- to shoot someone or something with a firearm.
I'm going to clap you.
- See more words with the same meaning: to shoot.
Last edited on Jul 27 2017. Submitted by Jon J. on Oct 29 1999.
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Other terms relating to 'to shoot': | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: to engage in sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: death by shooting. | |
| Definitions include: the usual procedure. | |
| Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot repeatedly with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: being shot so as to improve one's attitude. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot. | |
| Definitions include: soda; soft drink. | |
| Definitions include: to inject a drug. | |
| Definitions include: to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you. | |
| Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot". | |
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Other terms relating to 'clap': | |
| Definitions include: to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you. | |
| Definitions include: To be used up, worn out or otherwise exhausted. | |
| Definitions include: gonorrhea. | |
| Definitions include: a quiet clap, originating at golf competitions, whereby one pats the base of one palm lightly with the fingers of the other hand. Used because it is quieter than "normal" claps. | |
| Definitions include: An unusually loud and prolonged expulsion of flatulence. | |
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