clap

/klæp/ verb (present participle clapping, past tense and past participle clapped)

Translation

HANDS [I, T] › to hit your hands together, often repeatedly, especially in order to show that you enjoyed a performance

el çırpmak, alkış tutmak, el şaklatmak

The crowd clapped and cheered for more.1007

clap sb on the back/shoulder › to hit someone on the back or shoulder in a friendly way

sırtını sıvazlamak, birinin sırtına dostça dokunmak

1007

PUT [T] › to put something somewhere suddenly

bir şeyi biryere ansızın hızla koymak, oturtmak, yerleştirmek

She clapped her hands over her ears and refused to listen.1636

(Definition of clap verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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