Clap vs Flash - 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.
To briefly illuminate a scene.
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To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
To be visible briefly.
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(lb) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
*(Thomas Talfourd) (1795–1854)
*:names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unnumbered struggles
*(Matthew Arnold) (1822-1888)
*:The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind.
* (1809-1892)
*:A thought flashed through me, which I clothed in act.
To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
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To communicate quickly.
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(lb) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
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(lb) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
(lb) To perform a .
To move, or cause to move, suddenly
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, title= (lb) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
To trick up in a showy manner.
*(Antony Brewer) (fl.1655)
*:Limning and flashing it with various dyes.
To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:He rudely flashed the waves about.
(lb) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
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To evaporate suddenly. See (Flash evaporation).
To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
(figurative) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius.
* Shakespeare
* Wirt
(linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
A very short amount of time.
* Francis Bacon
* 1876, , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ,
* 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
Material]] left around the edge of a [[mould, moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
(Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
(US, colloquial) A flashlight or electric torch.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 34:
A light used for photography - a shortened form of camera flash.
(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
(archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
* 1892 , Banjo Paterson,
(UK, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
(UK, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
(US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
A pool.
(engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
As nouns the difference between clap and flash
is that clap is the act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together while flash is a sudden, short, temporary burst of light.As verbs the difference between clap and flash
is that clap is to strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound while flash is to briefly illuminate a scene.As an adjective flash is
expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.As a proper noun Flash is
a popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages.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
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English
(wikipedia flash)Etymology 1
In some senses, from (etyl) flasshen, a variant of flasken, , related to (m).Verb
(es)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham, passage=But they survived some real pressure as David Murphy flashed a header inches wide of Rob Green's right-hand post
Synonyms
* (to briefly illuminate) glint * (telephoning) beepDerived terms
* flashback * flasher * flashforward * flashing * flashlight * flash upSee also
* gleamNoun
(es)- the flash and outbreak of a fiery mind
- No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy.
- The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash .
- Quick—something must be done! done in a flash , too! But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention.
- Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
- I reached a flash out of my car pocket and went down-grade and looked at the car.
Synonyms
* gleam, glint * (material left around the edge of a mould) moulding flash, molding flashAntonyms
* (very short amount of time) aeonHypernyms
* lightDerived terms
* antiflash * camera flash * flashy * flashbulb * flash flood * flash in the pan * flash memory * flash photography * flash point * flashproof * in a flash * quick as a flashSee also
* sparkle, shimmer, glimmer, twinkleAdjective
(en adjective)- The barber man was small and flash , as barbers mostly are,
- He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar;
References
* * For the sense ‘a short period of time’, the 1858 Notes and Queries of Martim de Albuquerque was consulted. From page 437 of the sixth volume of the second series, published in London by Bell & Dally, 186 Fleet Street, in 1858 : *: Ought we not to collect for posterity the various ways in which very short times are denoted. Besides the one at the head, there are, — in no time, in next to no time, in less than no time, in a trice, in a jiffy, in a brace of shakes, before you can say Jack Robinson, in a crack, in the squeezing of a lemon, in the doubling of your fist, in the twinkling of an eye, in a moment, in an instant, in a flash.Etymology 2
From (etyl) flasche, flaske; compare (etyl) flache, (etyl) flaque, which is of (etyl) origin, akin to Middle Dutch .Noun
(es)- (Halliwell)