clappe

• Homophones: clappent, clappes

clappe

1. first-person singular present indicative of clapper
2. third-person singular present indicative of clapper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of clapper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of clapper
5. second-person singular imperative of clapper

A back-formation from clappen.

• clap, clapp, cleappe, cleppe, klap

• IPA^(key): /ˈklap(ə)/

clappe (plural clappes)

1. A loud sound or commotion, especially consisting of speech.
2. (rare) A strike or attack; a forceful motion.
3. (rare) An lucky or unlucky event or happening.
4. (rare) A part of a mill that impels grain.

• English: clap
• Scots: clap

• “leit (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

From Old English clæppan.

clappe

1. Alternative form of clappen