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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: clap back

English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from clap back.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

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clapback (countable and uncountable, plural clapbacks)

1. (uncountable, countable, music) An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by clapping. Coordinate terms: playback, singback
2. (countable, originally African-American Vernacular, informal) A witty or sarcastic retort. Coordinate terms: comeback, talkback
   • 2020 March 9, “'It's so toxic': why we're addicted to mean online gossip about women”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 June 2023:While these bits of online affirmation are addicting, so too are the online takedowns, the clapbacks, the snark.
   • 2023 October 7, Ajesh Patalay, quoting Jon Kung, “Jon Kung, the self-taught chef who went viral”, in FT Weekend‎[2], archived from the original on 2 October 2023, HTSI, page 77:“My first truly viral video was a clapback to a nasty comment someone made about me being a stupid millennial and telling me to ‘go eat toast’,” Kung recalls.

See also

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• throw shade

Further reading

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• “clapback”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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• Black Cap, black cap, blackcap

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