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clappy

clappy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.

Adjective

clappy (comparative more clappy, superlative most clappy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
    • There are three types of effects; first there are short-term effects like putting your hand into the fire and getting burned right away or clapping your hands and getting a clappy sound right away.2008, Salomon Alain Mpouma, World Peace, page 155
    • I try to clap, but the needle in my hand stings like a bee with every attempt, and the plastic monitor on my finger absorbs any audible clappy sound on contact.2015, Lindsay Lewis, The Creatives

Forms of clappy

comparativemore clappy
superlativemost clappy

Origin of clappy

From clap + -y.

Questions about clappy

What does clappy mean?
Clappy means resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
What part of speech is clappy?
Clappy is an adjective.

Words near clappy in the dictionary

  1. clapping up
  2. clappingly
  3. clappings
  4. clappity
  5. Clapps
  6. clappy
  7. claps
  8. claps back
  9. claps cheeks
  10. claps eyes on
  11. claps in

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