clappy

English

Etymology

clap +‎ -y

Adjective

clappy (comparative more clappy, superlative most clappy)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a clap of the hands.
   • 2008, Salomon Alain Mpouma, World Peace, page 155:

     There are three types of effects; first there are short-term effects like putting your hand into the fire and getting burned right away or clapping your hands and getting a clappy sound right away.

   • 2015, Lindsay Lewis, The Creatives:

     I try to clap, but the needle in my hand stings like a bee with every attempt, and the plastic monitor on my finger absorbs any audible clappy sound on contact.

See also

• happy-clappy