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klap

klap verb: to strike; to smack.

Verb

klap (third-person singular simple present klaps, present participle klapping, simple past and past participle klapped)

  1. (South Africa, slang, transitive) To strike; to smack.
    • You did something wrong and he klapped you.2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
    • 'I told him that the time wouldn't be right if we were the only two people left in the world, and then I klapped him, good and hard across the face.'2010, Tony Park, Silent Predator, page 51

Forms of klap

third-person singular presentklaps
present participleklapping
past participleklapped
pastklapped

Origin of klap

From Afrikaans klap. Doublet of clap.

Phrases with klap

Questions about klap

What does klap mean?
Klap means to strike; to smack.
What part of speech is klap?
Klap is a verb.
What is the past tense of klap?
The past tense of klap is klapped.

Words near klap in the dictionary

  1. Klanspeople
  2. Klansperson
  3. Klanspersons
  4. klanswoman
  5. Klanswomen
  6. klap
  7. klap skate
  8. klap skates
  9. klapa
  10. klapmatch
  11. klapmatches

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