beclap
beclap verb: to grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
Verb (1)
beclap (third-person singular simple present beclaps, present participle beclapping, simple past and past participle beclapped)
Verb (2)
beclap (third-person singular simple present beclaps, present participle beclapping, simple past and past participle beclapped)
- To clap for; to applaud.
- No one is so beclapped as the author of a popular drama bowing over his own footlights; the artists and romancers of the daily press are modester than they themselves would be willing to admit.1886, The Nation, volume 43, page 414
- In the course of his table-talk, during the French war, the ex-chancellor once remarked that, though the Prussian people huzza'd and beclapped their great Frederick when alive, […]1891, Littell's living age, volume 191, page 260
Synonyms of beclap
Forms of beclap
| third-person singular present | beclaps |
|---|---|
| present participle | beclapping |
| past participle | beclapped |
| past | beclapped |
| alternative form (obsolete) | beclapp |
Origin of beclap
From Middle English biclappen (“to grasp, insnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly”). By surface analysis, be- + clap.
From be- + clap.
Words formed from beclap
Questions about beclap
- What does beclap mean?
- Beclap means to grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
- What part of speech is beclap?
- Beclap is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beclap?
- The past tense of beclap is beclapped.
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