klap
Britishverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of klap
from Afrikaans
Example Sentences
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Klip, klap, plash the waves on the ship's wooden sides.
From Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
Taking both my hands and laying his brow upon them, he said, after a long interval of silence, "Mam cha klap ma thort!"—"Mam dear, come back, please!"
From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens
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