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Definition of to clap back
clap back
verb
- to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- See more words with the same meaning: to shoot.
Last edited on Feb 12 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 12 2018.
- to return criticism or an insult.
Citation from "Kim Cattrall rejects Sarah Jessica Parker's condolences: 'Stop exploiting our tragedy'", Washington Post, Amy B Wang, 10 February 2018 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Feb 12 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 12 2018.
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Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize': | |
| Definitions include: to disrespect or mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: nonsense. | |
| Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out". | |
| Definitions include: being carried is a type of sarcasm. | |
| Definitions include: an unkind joke or tease. | |
| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
| Definitions include: a "compliment" with a buried insult. | |
| Definitions include: criticism. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons." | |
| Definitions include: to lie to; deceive. | |
| Definitions include: to hit, attack. | |
| Definitions include: See be all over. | |
| Definitions include: something very fun. | |
| Definitions include: high-grade marijuana. | |
Other terms relating to 'to shoot': | |
| Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot". | |
| Definitions include: the usual procedure. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot repeatedly with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own. | |
| Definitions include: to inject a drug. | |
| Definitions include: death by shooting. | |
| Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot. | |
| Definitions include: being shot so as to improve one's attitude. | |
| Definitions include: to engage in sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: soda; soft drink. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
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Other terms relating to 'back': | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area. | |
| Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards". | |
| Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent. | |
| Definitions include: and the same to you. | |
| Definitions include: obscure. | |
| Definitions include: obscure. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: a place that is far away. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: large buttocks. | |
Other terms relating to 'clap': | |
| Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm. | |
| 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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