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clap-in-clap-out

clap-in-clap-out noun: a children's parlour game involving clapping, in which one of the boys is called into the room and has to guess which girl chose him.

Noun

clap-in-clap-out (uncountable)

  1. A children's parlour game involving clapping, in which one of the boys is called into the room and has to guess which girl chose him.

Forms of clap-in-clap-out

alternative formclap in, clap out

Questions about clap-in-clap-out

What does clap-in-clap-out mean?
Clap-in-clap-out means a children's parlour game involving clapping, in which one of the boys is called into the room and has to guess which girl chose him.
What part of speech is clap-in-clap-out?
Clap-in-clap-out is a noun.

Words near clap-in-clap-out in the dictionary

  1. clap someone's cheeks
  2. clap together
  3. clap up
  4. clap-bread
  5. clap-breads
  6. clap-in-clap-out
  7. clap-o-meter
  8. clap-o-meters
  9. clap-trap
  10. clapalong
  11. clapalongs

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