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91clap|board — «KLAB uhrd; KLAP BRD, BOHRD», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. a thin board, thicker along one edge than along the other; weatherboard. Clapboards are used to cover the outer walls of wooden buildings. Each board is made to overlap the one below it… …
92clap|per|board — «KLAP uh BRD, BOHRD», noun. Especially British. clapstick …
93clap|per|claw — «KLAP uhr KL», transitive verb. Dialect. 1. to claw or scratch with the open hand and nails; fight with tooth and nail. 2. Figurative. to revile; abuse. ╂[probably < clapper (in obsolete, uncertain sense) + claw] …
94clap in jail — clap (someone) in jail (or irons) put (someone) in prison (or in chains) …
95clap eyes on somebody — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …
96clap eyes on something — clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth idiom (informal) (usually used in negative sentences) to see sb/sth • I haven t clapped eyes on them for weeks. • I hope I never set eyes on this place again! …
97Clap-o-meter — A clap o meter, clapometer or applause meter is a measurement instrument that purports to measure and display the volume of clapping or applause made by a studio audience or an audience at some other event. It is used to decide the result of… …
98Clap skate — Two clap skates Hinge of a clap skate …
99Clap Your Hands (Downsyde song) — This article is about the Downsyde song. For other songs with the same title, see Clap Your Hands (disambiguation). Clap Your Hands Single by Downsyde from the album When The Dust Settles …
100clap (the clap) — n venereal disease, gonorrhoea. The only widespread slang term for the condi tion, this word was derived from French (clapoir, meaning a swelling, or clapier, meaning a brothel) in the late 16th cen tury. It became a taboo, and therefore slang… …
