beclap
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beclap¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English biclappen (“to grasp, insnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly”). By surface analysis, be- + clap.
verb beclaps · beclapping · beclapped · beclapp
- To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly. He so besmouched her, and she so beclapped him, and there tumbling together, as merrie as they would wish, I sighed to thinke, what a supper they would haue after break-fast.
beclap²
Where it comes from
From be- + clap.
verb beclaps · beclapping · beclapped · beclapp
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To clap for; to applaud.
No one is so beclapped as the author of a popular drama bowing over his own footlights; the artists and romancers of the daily press are modester than they themselves would be willing to admit.
Similar: acclaim, cheer on, hurrah, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack, beclap, cheer, clap, encheer, hurray
Talk about this word "beclap." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beclap. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beclap. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beclap "beclap." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beclap.Cite this
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title = {beclap},
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