klapa

From Serbo-Croatian klȁpa.

klapa (uncountable)

1. A traditional form of a cappella singing in Dalmatia, Croatia.

• Palka, kalpa, palak

klapa

1. romanization of ꦏ꧀ꦭꦥ

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.pa/
• Hyphenation: kla‧pa

klapa

1. alternative form of kalapa

Borrowed from German Klappe.

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• Rhymes: -apa
• Syllabification: kla‧pa

klapa f (diminutive klapka)

1. flap, lid
2. lapel
3. (aviation) flap
4. (colloquial) flop, failure, turkey
5. (Przemyśl, milling) plank with a quern grinding stick in its hole

   Synonym: scekuła

• klapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• klapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “klapa”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335

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klȁpa f (Cyrillic spelling кла̏па)

1. (slang) group of mostly young people who often meet
2. (film) clapperboard
3. klapa (traditional form of singing in Dalmatia)

• “klapa”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

klapa (present klapar, preterite klapade, supine klapat, imperative klapa)

1. (nonstandard, Internet slang) alternative form of klappa (“to pet”)

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

• klap