What does beclap mean?
Beclap means To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly..
He so besmouched her, and she so beclapped him, and there tumbling together, as merrie as they would wish, I sighed to thinke, what a supper they would haue after break-fast.
He who has loved quiet, who has so long shunned publicity, must school himself to be cheered and beclapped and huzzaed by thousands every time he lets himself be seen.
No one is so beclapped as the author of a popular drama bowing over his own footlights; the artists and romancers of the daily press are modester than they themselves would be willing to admit.
In the course of his table-talk, during the French war, the ex-chancellor once remarked that, though the Prussian people huzza'd and beclapped their great Frederick when alive, […]
Use beclap when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beclap means To grasp, insnare, ensnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly..
Common synonyms include acclaim, cheer on, hurrah, acclamate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He so besmouched her, and she so beclapped him, and there tumbling together, as merrie as they would wish, I sighed to thinke, what a supper they would haue after break-fast.
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