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Definition of Handclaps
1. handclap [n] - See also: handclap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handclaps
Literary usage of Handclaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"As she walked her arms clashed, so that you would have thought the broken levin
to rattle—with explosive handclaps, ..."
2. The Teaching of Handwriting by Frank Nugent Freeman (1914)
"... making a series of raps with a ruler, handclaps, or metronome beats. A still
better method of indicating tempo, which has long been used for marching, ..."
3. More that Must be Told by Philip Gibbs (1921)
"Now and then in big audiences I heard a section tire of applause, or isolated
handclaps, when I mentioned Wilson's name. They pitied him, anyhow, ..."
4. More that Must be Told by Philip Gibbs (1921)
"Now and then in big audiences I heard a section fire of applause, or isolated
handclaps, when I mentioned Wilson's name. They pitied him, anyhow, ..."
5. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn (1894)
"Already I can hear a heavy sound, as of surf, within the temple court; and as we
advance the sound becomes sharper and recognizable—a volleying of handclaps ..."
6. The Story of Seville by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1903)
"They dance to the castanets, and win handclaps from grandfathers and grandmothers,
who recall their own dancing days of forty or fifty years ago. ..."
7. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"... I can hear a heavy sound, as of surf, within the temple court; and as we
advance the sound becomes sharper and recognizable — a volleying of handclaps. ..."
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