| backslap | (verb) display excessive cordiality (towards) | - |
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| clap | (verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: spat |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, spat |
| (verb) strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise | - |
| (verb) strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting | - |
| (verb) put quickly or forcibly | - |
| (verb) strike the air in flight | - |
| (verb) cause to strike the air in flight | - |
| flap | (verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | - |
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| (verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: dither, pother |
| (verb) to flutter noisily when moved by the wind | - |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: roll, undulate, wave |
| (verb) move with a flapping motion | Synonyms: beat |
| (verb) move with a thrashing motion | Synonyms: beat |
| lap | (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lave, wash |
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| (verb) take up with the tongue | Synonyms: lap up, lick |
| (verb) pass the tongue over | Synonyms: lick |
| (verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh |
| (verb) lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another | - |
| overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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| (verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
| slap | (verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand | - |
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| (verb) to play music at loud volume | Synonyms: bump |