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Definition of Hand clapping
1. Noun. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.
Generic synonyms: Approval, Commendation
Group relationships: Ovation, Standing Ovation
Specialized synonyms: Hand, Handclap, Round
Derivative terms: Clap, Clap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand Clapping
Literary usage of Hand clapping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"... and the mothers scolded their children for doing this, as it was sure to bring
rain. JF Campbell notices the fact of this being forbidden. HAND-CLAPPING ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"The proofs of the hand-clapping are to be found in the Scriptures themselves,
where the command to "sing joyfully, and clap your hands" refers to just such ..."
3. At Home in Fiji by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1883)
"There was none of the measured hand-clapping so essential in Fiji while a chief
is drinking, and when he has finished. In Samoa only the drinker himself ..."
4. Natural History of Man: Being an Account of the Manners and Customs of the by John George Wood (1874)
"The singing and hand-clapping now grew more vehement, the doctor threw himself
upon the patient, perhaps sucked the wound, at all events pretended to inhale ..."
5. The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland: Being a Record of Excavation and by James Theodore Bent (1892)
"The mysterious meaning attached to this hand-clapping I was afterwards able in a
... of a chief or grand induna the hand-clapping is a serious undertaking, ..."
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