Definition of Afterclap

1. n. An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

Definition of Afterclap

1. Noun. An unexpected subsequent event or repercussion. ¹

2. Noun. Something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. ¹

3. Noun. A problem or danger that arises after a threat is supposed to have passed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Afterclap

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterclap

afterborn
afterburden
afterburner
afterburners
afterburning
afterburthen
aftercare
aftercares
aftercast
aftercastle
aftercastles
aftercasts
aftercataract
aftercataracts
afterchroming
afterclap (current term)
afterclaps
aftercome
aftercomer
aftercomers
aftercoming
aftercomings
aftercontraction
aftercooling
aftercourse
aftercourses
aftercrime
aftercrop
aftercurrent
afterdamp

Literary usage of Afterclap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1886)
"For lie can give us an afterclap when we least weene, that is, suddenly returne unawares tu us, and then be giveth us au afterclap that ..."

2. Echoes of France: Verses from My Journal and Letters by Amy Robbins Ware, Farnham Company, Minneapolis, Minn (1920)
"THE afterclap My journey from the Argonne with prisoners of war Whose lives may yet be forfeit ere they reach the Blighty shore, Has dealt me such a ..."

3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"afterclap, e6. An unexpected subsequent event, consequence, or result; usually of an unpleasant kind. Midlands. 'For he [the devil] can give us an ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... he [the devil] can give us an afterclap when we least weene, that is, suddenly returne unawares to us, and then he giveth us an ..."

5. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"Cf. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.—Acts, ix. 5. Beware of an afterclap.—Dr. Take heed of after claps that fall.—Turberville, Love. ..."

6. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its by Powys-land Club (1889)
"afterclap, an unpleasant outcome of a matter supposed to have been settled. "Then he giveth us an afterclap that overthroweth us."—Latimer. ..."

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