klap

From Afrikaans klap. Doublet of clap.

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klap (third-person singular simple present klaps, present participle klapping, simple past and past participle klapped)

1. (South Africa, slang, transitive) To strike; to smack.
   • 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex:

     You did something wrong and he klapped you.

   • 2010, Tony Park, Silent Predator, page 51:

     'I told him that the time wouldn't be right if we were the only two people left in the world, and then I klapped him, good and hard across the face.'

• Palk

• Rhymes: -ap

klap

1. imperative of klappe

• IPA^(key): /klɑp/

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• Hyphenation: klap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

From Middle Dutch clap. Equivalent to a deverbal from klappen.

klap m (plural klappen, diminutive klapje n)

1. bang (a sudden percussive noise)
2. blow, hit, strike

• Negerhollands: kap, lap
• → Papiamentu: klap

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

klap

1. inflection of klappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• plak

klap

1. alternative form of clappe

• Klep (Sylt)

Cognates include West Frisian klippe, German Klippe.

klap f (plural klapen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) cliff

Uncertain. Possible connection with klapati.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkɫap/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈklap/

klap m animal

1. a kind of trout

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “klap”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• IPA^(key): /ˈklap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: klap

klap

1. second-person singular imperative of klapać

klap c

1. (nonstandard, Internet slang) alternative form of klapp (“stroke, pat”)

Popularized by the meme "snel hest" (nice horse).

• klapa

From English club.

klap

1. Club (association).
2. Clubs (card suit, ♣).

• (association) bung
• (suit) pinat