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klap | alap |

As a verb klap

is to strike; to smack.

As a noun alap is

{{cx|music|lang=en}} The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.

klap

English

Verb

(klapp)
  • (South Africa, slang, transitive) To strike; to smack.
  • * 2005 , Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex
    • You did something wrong and he klapped you.
  • * 2010 , Tony Park, Silent Predator (page 51)
    • 'I told him that the time wouldn't be right if we were the only two people left in the world, and then I klapped him, good and hard across the face.'
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    alap

    English

    (wikipedia alap)

    Alternative forms

    *alaap *alapa

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation.
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 176:
  • *:The alaap is the part of our classical music that I like best. It is an inward voyage, an odyssey into the unknown.
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