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# clapping

noun (clapping — uncountable); verb form (clap, claps, clapped, clapping)

«clapping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Clapping is hitting your hands together again and again to make a sound, to show you liked something or to cheer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#m1)
2. Clapping is the -ing form of «clap»: hitting your hands together, or making a sudden loud noise like thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#m2)
3. Clapping also means patting someone in a friendly way: «clapping him on the back». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#m3)

### In the lessons

In music lessons, clapping keeps the beat and shows rhythm patterns; in school assemblies clapping shows thanks and praise. Clapping games («Miss Mary Mack», «A sailor went to sea») are playground rhymes. Phrases: «clapping along», «a round of applause», «clapping games», «clap your hands».

### Examples

- Everyone was clapping at the end of the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x1)
- We kept time by clapping to the music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x2)
- The crowd started clapping and cheering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x3)
- We played clapping games in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x4)
- Clapping hands, she jumped for joy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x5)
- The teacher was clapping a rhythm for us to copy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x6)
- Thunder was clapping over the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x7)
- Clapping is how we say «well done» in assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x8)
- "Oh how capital," said little Ida, clapping her hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/#x9)

### Note

From «clap»: double p (clapped, clapping). Noun: applause (more formal). Different cultures show appreciation differently; some quiet events or deaf audiences use «silent applause» (waving hands).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clapping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clapping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clapping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clapping.html) on Mova free.