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clapping out

clapping out is the present participle and gerund of clap out.

Meaning of clap out

Verb

clap out (third-person singular simple present claps out, present participle clapping out, simple past and past participle clapped out)

  1. (transitive) To clap to the rhythm of (a song).
  2. (intransitive, slang) To fail; to stop working.
  3. (transitive) In feng shui, to remove negative energy from (a space) by clapping.

Questions about clapping out

What is clapping out the present participle and gerund of?
Clapping out is the present participle and gerund of clap out.

Words near clapping out in the dictionary

  1. clapping game
  2. clapping games
  3. clapping in
  4. clapping on
  5. clapping one's cheeks
  6. clapping out
  7. clapping someone's cheeks
  8. clapping together
  9. clapping up
  10. clappingly
  11. clappings

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