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claps

  • present tense form of clap (3rd person singular).

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Claps to my colleague Andrew Van Dam, who asked me if this anti-spam trick worked.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023

Cook County Judge Joseph Claps acquitted Melvina Bogard, 33, of aggravated battery and misconduct charges.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

"It's pathetic, pitiful and poor, after all we've been through - we saved Boris's life yet we've had nothing. Claps don't pay the bills," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2021

Claps could be heard from the public gallery following the acquittal.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2016

Each individual dancer-- Claps his hands together before him: Shown thus in diagram which follows b.

From The Morris Book, Part 1 A History of Morris Dancing, With a Description of Eleven Dances as Performed by the Morris-Men of England by Sharp, Cecil J.