backslap | (verb) display excessive cordiality (towards) | - |
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burlap | (noun) coarse jute fabric | Synonyms: gunny |
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clap | (noun) a sudden very loud noise | Synonyms: bam, bang, blast, eruption |
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(noun) a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated | Synonyms: clack |
(noun) a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra | Synonyms: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea |
(verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: spat |
(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 | - |
dewlap | (noun) a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck | - |
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earflap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earlap |
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earlap | (noun) one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm | Synonyms: earflap |
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flap | (noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely | - |
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(noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flaps |
(noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | - |
(noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering |
(noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
(verb) pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds | - |
(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 |
handclap | (noun) a clap of the hands to indicate approval | - |
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lap | (noun) touching with the tongue | Synonyms: lick |
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(noun) movement once around a course | Synonyms: circle, circuit |
(noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: overlap |
(noun) the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs | Synonyms: lap covering |
(noun) the upper side of the thighs of a seated person | - |
(noun) an area of control or responsibility | - |
(verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lave, wash |
(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 | (noun) a flap that lies over another part | Synonyms: lap |
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(noun) the property of partial coincidence in time | - |
(noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, intersection |
(verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
(verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
slap | (noun) the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand | Synonyms: smack, smacking |
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(noun) a blow from a flat object (as an open hand) | Synonyms: smack |
(adverb) directly | Synonyms: bang, bolt, slapdash, smack |
(verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand | - |
(verb) to play music at loud volume | Synonyms: bump |
thunderclap | (noun) a single sharp crash of thunder | - |
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(noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: bombshell, thunderbolt |