clap (n.)
- acclaim
- acclamation
- applause
- bang
- bar
- barricade
- bash
- bat
- batten
- bedlam
- belt
- biff
- blast
- bolt
- boom
- brawl
- brouhaha
- bump
- burst
- bust
- button
- cast
- chancre
- chancroid
- charivari
- cheer
- choke
- chuck
- clamor
- clangor
- clapping
- clash
- clatter
- clip
- clobber
- close
- clout
- clump
- commotion
- contract
- cover
- crack
- crash
- cut
- dash
- deal
- deck
- din
- discord
- dose
- dustup
- eclat
- encore
- fetch
- flap
- fling
- flop
- fold
- fracas
- free-for-all
- gonorrhea
- hail
- hand
- handclap
- hit
- howl
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurl
- jab
- jangle
- key
- knock
- latch
- lay
- lock
- noise
- outcry
- ovation
- padlock
- pandemonium
- paresis
- paste
- pat
- place
- plank
- plaudit
- plop
- plumb
- plump
- plunk
- poke
- popularity
- pox
- punch
- put
- racket
- rap
- rattle
- report
- rhubarb
- roar
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumble
- rumpus
- seal
- shindy
- shivaree
- slam
- slap
- slat
- slug
- smack
- smash
- snap
- soak
- sock
- splat
- stick
- strike
- swap
- swat
- swipe
- syph
- syphilis
- tabes
- tap
- throw
- thrust
- thump
- thunder
- thunderclap
- thwack
- toss
- tumult
- uproar
- wallop
- whack
- whop
- zipper
clap (v.)
- acclaim
- applaud
- apply
- bang
- bar
- barricade
- bash
- bat
- batten
- belt
- biff
- blast
- bolt
- bonk
- boom
- brawl
- bump
- burst
- bust
- button
- cast
- cheer
- choke
- chuck
- clamor
- clangor
- clash
- clatter
- clip
- clobber
- close
- clout
- clump
- coldcock
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cover
- crack
- crash
- crump
- cut
- dash
- deal
- deck
- din
- discord
- dose
- encore
- fasten
- fetch
- flap
- fling
- flop
- fold
- hail
- hand
- hit
- howl
- hurl
- impose
- jab
- jangle
- key
- knock
- latch
- lay
- lock
- noise
- occlude
- outcry
- padlock
- paste
- pat
- place
- plank
- plop
- plumb
- plump
- plunk
- poke
- punch
- put
- racket
- rap
- rattle
- report
- roar
- row
- rumble
- rumpus
- seal
- secure
- shut
- slam
- slap
- slat
- slog
- slug
- smack
- smash
- smite
- snap
- soak
- sock
- splat
- stick
- strangle
- strike
- swap
- swat
- swipe
- tap
- throw
- thrust
- thump
- thunder
- thwack
- toss
- wallop
- whack
- wham
- whap
- whomp
- whop
- zipper
No clap of thunder in a fair frosty day could more astonish the world than our declaration of war against Holland in 1672.
