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Definition: Hand Clapping |
Hand ClappingNoun1. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Hand ClappingSynonyms: applause (n), clapping (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | One Hand Clapping (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Light texture with hand clapping, cymbals, and arpeggiated electric bass line. | |
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Health | Professional education involves calling attention to (1) neonatal risk factors for hearing impairment (the HRC), (2) risk factors for acquired hearing impairment, (3) early behavioral signs of hearing impairment, and (4) the ineffectiveness of crude measures of hearing sensitivity such as hand clapping, which are useless and misleading. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
one hand clapping | 8 |
sound of one hand clapping | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hand clapping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | andhay appingclay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-g-h-i-l-n-n-p-p" | |
-4 letters: canaling, candling, chaplain, chapping, clapping, dappling, handicap, handling, hangnail. | |
-5 letters: anginal, anhinga, capping, dancing, daphnia, dapping, hagadic, handing, happing, lancing, landing, lapping, napping, paginal, paladin, pandani, paphian, placing, planing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 64      43 6C 61 70 70 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01000011 01101100 01100001 01110000 01110000 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n d   C l a p p i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 0064      0043 006C 0061 0070 0070 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4267807023778678282758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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