Clap

Clap may refer to:

• Clapping, to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval.
• Gonorrhea, a venereal disease (often referred to as "the clap")
• Child Labour Action Programme
• Clap skate, type of ice skate used in speed skating
• "Clap", an instrumental song by Yes from The Yes Album
• The Clapper, a gadget that uses a sound activated switch sensitive to clapping

People with the surname

• Margaret Clap or Mother Clap (died c. 1726), Keeper of a homosexual brothel in London, England
• Thomas Clap or Thomas Clapp (1703–1767), President of Yale College
• James R. Clapper, current U.S. Director of National Intelligence

See also

• Clapp, a surname