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clappy

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English

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Etymology

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From clap +‎ -y.

Adjective

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clappy (comparative more clappy, superlative most clappy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
    • 2008, Salomon Alain Mpouma, World Peace, page 155:
      There are three types of effects; first there are short-term effects like putting your hand into the fire and getting burned right away or clapping your hands and getting a clappy sound right away.
    • 2015, Lindsay Lewis, The Creatives:
      I try to clap, but the needle in my hand stings like a bee with every attempt, and the plastic monitor on my finger absorbs any audible clappy sound on contact.

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