afterclap

[ af-ter-klap, ahf- ]

noun

1. an unexpected repercussion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of afterclap¹

1300–50; Middle English; compare Low German achterklap; after, clap ¹

Example Sentences

Afterclap, aft′ėr-klap, n. an unexpected event happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

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It is the afterclap that keeps the people off the Gipsies, and secures for them a sort of toleration wherever they go.

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And then the breakages, damages still chargeable; the probable afterclap?

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This is a sort of afterclap you little expected, but I cannot possibly afford them at a cheaper rate.

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Suddenly the hideous consequences of it all, the afterclap, sounded in their ears.

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