klap

See also: kłap

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans.

Pronunciation

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Verb

klap (third-person singular simple present klaps, present participle klapping, simple past and past participle klapped)

1. (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.'

Anagrams

• Palk

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Verb

klap

1. imperative of klappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑp/

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• Hyphenation: klap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clap. Equivalent to a deverbal from klappen.

Noun

klap m (plural klappen, diminutive klapje n)

1. bang (a sudden percussive noise)
2. blow, hit, strike

Derived terms

• rotklap
• twee vliegen in een klap slaan

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kap, lap
• → Papiamentu: klap

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klap

1. inflection of klappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• plak

Middle English

Noun

klap

1. Alternative form of clappe

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Klep (Sylt)

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian klippe, German Klippe.

Noun

klap f (plural klapen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) cliff

Old Czech

Etymology

Uncertain. Possible connection with klapati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkɫap/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈklap/

Noun

klap m animal

1. a kind of trout

Declension

Declension of klap (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	klap	klapy	klapi, klapové
genitive	klapa, klapu	klapú	klapóv
dative	klapu, klapovi	klapoma	klapóm
accusative	klap, klapa	klapy	klapy
vocative	klape	klapy	klapi, klapové
locative	klapě, klapu, klapovi	klapú	klapiech
instrumental	klapem	klapoma	klapy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “klap”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: klap

Verb

klap

1. second-person singular imperative of klapać

Swedish

Noun

klap c

1. (nonstandard, Internet slang) Alternative form of klapp (“stroke, pat”)

Usage notes

Popularized by the meme "snel hest" (nice horse).

Declension

Declension of klap

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klap	klaps
	definite	klapen	klapens
plural	indefinite	klapar	klapars
	definite	klaparna	klaparnas

Related terms

• klapa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English club.

Noun

klap

1. Club (association).
2. Clubs (card suit, ♣).

Synonyms

• (association) bung
• (suit) pinat