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clap in, clap out

clap in, clap out is the alternative form of clap-in-clap-out.

Meaning of clap-in-clap-out

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.

Questions about clap in, clap out

What is clap in, clap out the alternative form of?
Clap in, clap out is the alternative form of clap-in-clap-out.

Words near clap in, clap out in the dictionary

  1. clap back
  2. clap cheeks
  3. clap cold
  4. clap eyes on
  5. clap in
  6. clap in, clap out
  7. clap net
  8. clap nets
  9. clap on
  10. clap one's hands red
  11. clap out

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