clap
verb (used with object)
to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval.
will clap
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future tenseof clap.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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It is here the wrestlers, known as rikishi, will perform their leg stomps to drive away evil spirits, and where they will clap to get the attention of the gods.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
But all of them will clap offbeat to “Put a Little Love in Your Heart,” I solemnly swear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Give a child a model backhoe and she will clap her plump hands together with delight and cry, “Dada! Dada!”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
At one point, the band stops to debate whether the audience will clap along during the breakdown in For What It’s Worth.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2017
"Yea," laughed Mary, "hands will clap for among the Jews doth not everything give way to a wedding procession and everybody make merry?"
From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock
