What is a loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift called?
clap — A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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