handclapping

English

Etymology

hand +‎ clapping

Noun

handclapping (uncountable)

  1. The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
    • 2007 June 30, Jon Pareles, “Far Beyond Flamenco, a Zest for Rhythms (and Politics)”, in New York Times‎:
      But passages of traditionalist flamenco, with Mr. Giménez accompanied by six-beat handclapping, were soon overlaid with DJ Panko’s scratching or Javier Martin’s thumb-popping bass lines.

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