handclapping
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "With an air of having accomplished her intention, Aunt Alice sat down amid great cheers and handclappings from the opposite side."
- "The open air, like a vast bell of glass, clamped down over them, muffling the volume, reducing the impact and precision of their notes: for all its ardour, the Linfield Rhythm Quartette remained a background noise only; an accompaniment to the talk, the laughter, the sudden shouts and handclappings."
- "The bright smiles and handclappings which Charleston ladies bestowed upon the receding delegates were applause for an irrevocable step toward war; […]"
- "But passages of traditionalist flamenco, with Mr. Giménez accompanied by six-beat handclapping, were soon overlaid with DJ Panko’s scratching or Javier Martin’s thumb-popping bass lines."