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klappen

“klappen” is a Dutch word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to clap (make sound or music with the hands)
  2. to applaud (clap hands in order to praise)
  3. to smack, strike rather hard and/or loud
  4. to crack with a loud sound, like a whip
  5. to burst
  6. to fold, to hinge
  7. to wag one's lips, talk, converse
  8. to smoke weed
  9. to make stoned

Etymology

From Middle Dutch clappen, from Old Dutch *klappon, from Proto-West Germanic *klappōn.

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