[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval:She clapped her hands in appreciation.", "to strike (someone) amicably with a light, open-handed slap, as in greeting, encouragement, or the like:He clapped his friend on the back.", "to strike (an object) against something quickly and forcefully, producing an abrupt, sharp sound, or a series of such sounds:to clap a book on the table.", "to bring together forcefully (facing surfaces of the same object):She clapped the book shut.", "to applaud (a performance, speech, speaker, etc.) by clapping the hands:The audience clapped the actors at the end of the act.", "to put or place quickly or forcefully:She clapped her hand over his mouth.Can you clap a lid on that jar?She clapped her hand over his mouth.They clapped him in jail.", "to make or arrange hastily (often followed bytogetherorup):He clapped together dinner from stuff in the pantry and leftovers from the fridge."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to clap the hands, as to express approval; applaud :After the audience stopped clapping, the tenor sang two encores.", "to make an abrupt, sharp sound, as of flat surfaces striking against one another:The shutters clapped in the wind.", "to move or strike with such a sound:She clapped across the room in her slippers."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act or instance of clapping.", "the abrupt, sharp sound produced by clapping.", "a resounding blow; slap .", "a loud and abrupt or explosive noise, as of thunder.", "a sudden stroke, blow, or act.", "Printing. clapper(def5) clapper(def5).", "Obsolete.a sudden mishap."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Slang. clapback ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Oftenthe clap. gonorrhea(def) gonorrhea(def)."]}]