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beclapping

beclapping is the present participle and gerund of beclap.

Meaning of beclap

Verb (1)

beclap (third-person singular simple present beclaps, present participle beclapping, simple past and past participle beclapped)

  1. To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly.
    • He so besmouched her, and she so beclapped him, and there tumbling together, as merrie as they would wish, I sighed to thinke, what a supper they would haue after break-fast.1605, Tourneur, Worldes Folly

Verb (2)

beclap (third-person singular simple present beclaps, present participle beclapping, simple past and past participle beclapped)

  1. 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

Questions about beclapping

What is beclapping the present participle and gerund of?
Beclapping is the present participle and gerund of beclap.

Words near beclapping in the dictionary

  1. beclamoured
  2. beclamouring
  3. beclamours
  4. beclams
  5. beclap
  6. beclapping
  7. beclart
  8. beclarting
  9. beclarts
  10. beclasp
  11. beclasped

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