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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

clap one's hands red en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To clap or applaud intensely.
    • Indeed a sizeable crowd assembled at a crumbling warehouse and clapped their hands red, cheered themselves hoarse at this strange music. 2015, Geraldine Wooller, Trio, Transit Lounge, →ISBN:
    • At the end of the lecture, the old man strode to the front of the hall, shook the American by the hand and said - with passion - 'My dear fellow, I wish to thank you. I have been wrong these fifteen years.' We clapped our hands red. 2006, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Bantam Press, page 284:

Forms

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clapping one's hands red Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
claps one's hands red Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
clapped one's hands red Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clapped one's hands red Tense=Past lexicographic