clapped (together or up)

variants also clapt (together or up)
past tense of clap (together or up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clapped (together or up)
Verb
  • In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In 1949, a Nebraska plumbing contractor named Steve Henson was working in Anchorage, Alaska and concocted a salad dressing out of buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs to help feed his crew on remote job sites.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 27 June 2026
  • In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • To stay dry, the two improvised, finding child-size rain coats when the adult ones were sold out at a Target store.
    Jason Rantala, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • On the red carpet, Minetree teased working with Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in season two, claiming the pair probably improvised the most together.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • When content becomes impossible to separate, the one thing left that cannot be faked, automated, or scaled is showing up in person.
    Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Parker was a mother of two children who faked a pregnancy while in a relationship with Wade Griffin in 2020.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
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“Clapped (together or up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clapped%20%28together%20or%20up%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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