Clap vs Blast - What's the difference?
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The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
The explosive sound of thunder.
* Episode 12, The Cyclops
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
* Jonathan Swift
A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
* Shakespeare
(falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
(Yorkshire) A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground) Edward Peacock, A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire ,
* 1890 , John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire ,
To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
To applaud.
To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
* Marvell
To come together suddenly with noise.
* Dryden
To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up'' or ''together ).
To set or put, usually in haste.
* John Locke
* Lamb
(slang, AAVE) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
Gonorrhea.
* “What in hell makes you think he's got the clap ?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka
* When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap , he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.
* He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.
* Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap , is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
(senseid)A violent gust of wind.
* Thomson
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
* 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 146:
The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
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* Tomlinson
A loud, sudden sound.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Bryant
* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
* Bible, Job iv. 9
* Shakespeare
(figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
A flatulent disease of sheep.
To confound by a loud blast or din.
* Shakespeare
To make a loud noise.
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
To curse; to damn.
(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
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To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
To blight or wither.
(obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
(obsolete) To blow, as on a trumpet.
* Chaucer
Clap is a related term of blast.
As verbs the difference between clap and blast
is that clap is to strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound while blast is .As a noun clap
is the act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together or clap can be gonorrhea.clap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He summoned the waiter with a clap .
- The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.
- Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
- Give the door such a clap , as you go out, as will shake the whole room.
- His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
- What, fifty of my followers at a clap !
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- “Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.”
Synonyms
* (sound of thunder) thunderclap * See alsoDerived terms
* thunderclapVerb
(Clapping)- The children began to clap in time with the music.
- The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
- It isn’t the singers they are clapping ; it's the composer.
- He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
- He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
- She clapped the book shut.
- ''He clapped across the floor in his boots.
- Then like a bird it sits and sings, / And whets and claps its silver wings.
- The doors around me clapped .
- We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
- ''The rival factions clapped up a truce.
- The sheriff clapped him in jail.
- She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
- He had just time to get in and clap to the door.
- Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.
Derived terms
* clapper * claptrap * clapperboardSee also
* applaud * applauseEtymology 2
Uncertain.Noun
(en noun)- 1997 MASH
- 1998 Dan Savage
- 1998 Changing Bodies
- 2006 The STDs Update
- I'm gonna kill that bitch for giving me the clap !
- If your dick has "the drip" you probably have the clap and need to go to the sex clinic.
- He wasn't careful; he caught both syphilis and the clap .
References
Anagrams
* ----blast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) from (etyl) . More at blow.Noun
(en noun)- And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts'; / His ' blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
- Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.
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- Large blasts are often used.
- One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men.
- the blast of triumph o'er thy grave
- Then the captain sung out "Stand away!" and the cannon let off such a blast right before me that it made me deef with the noise and pretty near blind with the smoke, and I judged I was gone.
- By the blast of God they perish.
- virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast
- We had a blast at the party last night.
- an e-mail blast'''; a fax '''blast
Verb
(en verb)- Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.
- Blast right through it.
- Blast it! Foiled again.
- Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
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- My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
- A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
- The bud blasted in the blossom.
- Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste .