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handclappings

handclappings is the plural of handclapping.

Meaning of handclapping

Noun

handclapping (countable and uncountable, plural handclappings)

  1. The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
    • With an air of having accomplished her intention, Aunt Alice sat down amid great cheers and handclappings from the opposite side.1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Debate”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 12

Questions about handclappings

What is handclappings the plural of?
Handclappings is the plural of handclapping.

Words near handclappings in the dictionary

  1. handcarved
  2. handclap
  3. handclapper
  4. handclappers
  5. handclapping
  6. handclappings
  7. handclaps
  8. handclasp
  9. handclasps
  10. handcloth
  11. handcloths

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