Clap


title: "Clap" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public topic_path: "uncategorized" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clap" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Clap may refer to:

  • Clapping, the percussive sound made by striking together two flat surfaces, as in the body parts of humans or animals
  • Gonorrhea, colloquially known as "the clap", a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Music

People

  • Margaret Clap or Mother Clap (died ), keeper of a homosexual brothel in London, England
  • Thomas Clap or Thomas Clapp (1703–1767), president of Yale College

Other uses

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