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| applaud |
to clap the hands in approval. [1/2 definitions] |
| clap |
When you clap, you hit your hands together again and again as a way to show that you like something. |
| hand |
If you give a musical group a hand, it means that you clap your hands for them. [1/11 definitions] |
| palm1 |
Your palms are the inside surface of your hands. When you clap, you hit your palms together. |
| sound1 |
If you hit a drum or clap your hands, you send signals through the air that most people or animals can sense with their ears. When you do things like this, you create sound. Sound is stuff that people can hear. [1/5 definitions] |
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