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The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.
Nick Clegg

Meaning of "clapped out" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAPPED OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAPPED OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clapped out is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLAPPED OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clapped out in the English dictionary

The definition of clapped out in the dictionary is worn out; dilapidated. Other definition of clapped out is extremely tired; exhausted.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAPPED OUT

clap
clap eyes on
clap hold of
clap on
clap-net
clapboard
clapbread
Clapham Sect
clapometer
clapped
clapped-out
clapper
clapper bridge
clapperboard
clapperboy
clapperclaw
clapperclawer
clapping
clappy-doo

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAPPED OUT

check out
chilled out
crowded out
dried out
find out
greyed out
hold out
packed out
read out
round out
sold out
sound out
spaced out
spread out
stand out
stressed out
tuckered out
turned out
washed out
weed out
well turned out

Synonyms and antonyms of clapped out in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «clapped out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAPPED OUT

Find out the translation of clapped out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clapped out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clapped out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拍出来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clapped
570 millions of speakers

English

clapped out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर ताली बजाकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صفق خارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хлопнул из
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bateu para fora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লিপ আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

frappa sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertepuk tangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

klatschte aus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アウト拍手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아웃 박수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clapped metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỗ tay ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளப்பிவிட்டார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताडकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dövülmüş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

applaudito fuori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klaskali z
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грюкнув з
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bătu din
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χτύπησε έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geklap uit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

clapped ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klappet ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clapped out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAPPED OUT»

The term «clapped out» is regularly used and occupies the 107.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAPPED OUT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clapped out

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QUOTES WITH «CLAPPED OUT»

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Nick Clegg
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAPPED OUT»

Discover the use of clapped out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clapped out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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中学生实用英语动词搭配词典
... clap on The boy clapped on his hat and ran out of the house. The driver clapped on the brakes but failed to stop in time. 2) clap out ^I The girl felt clapped out after that long climb. The children clapped out regularly while the teacher played ...
‎2002
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Untitled
bO;d/ /-bO;rd/ noun 1 [U] us aseries of boards fixed horizontally tothe outside of a building, with each board partly covering the one below, to protectthe buildingfrom the weather2 [C] us for clapperboard clapped-out /%kl&pt"aUt/ adjective ...
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
clapped-out 168 clatter Clapped-OUt /klapt'aut/ adjective (informal) A clapped-out vehicle or machine is an old one that is not working properly: a clapped-out old typewriter. Claptrap /klaptrap/ noun (uncount; informal) If you describe what ...
‎1996
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Glimpses of the Naughties
Bought. Any. Clapped-Out. Bangers. Recently? Sunday 1st Feb 2009 If someone told you they'd just been to a second-hand car salesman, handed them a blank cheque and said “just pick me out a good one”, you would think them hopelessly  ...
Hamish Cunningham
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Idioms
CLAP. clap eyes on see. No, I don't know him – I've never clapped eyes on him in my life. CLAPPED. clapped out knackered; exhausted; worn out. He still drives the same clapped-out old Rover. 'Clapped' probably originally meant 'diseased',  ...
Gordon Jarvie, 2009
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... fixed horizontally to the outside of a building, with each board partly covering the one below, to protect the building from the weather 2 [C] us for clapperboard clapped-out /.klaspt'aot/ adjective mainly uk informal 1 describes machines which  ...
‎2008
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Bizarre
Anyway we both ended up stopping at the red lights together, and I could sense instinctively just what was going through speedy's head, he wanted to leave those guy's for dead; it also seemed as though the guy's in the clapped out BMW  ...
Derek Andrew
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
(Robert Crumb, cartoon in Head Comix, 1968) clapped 1 , clapped out adj worn out, exhausted. The second of these essentially British terms has been adopted intheUSA since the 1950s. Theyare normally applied to machines, particularly ...
Tony Thorne, 2014
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Learn & Use Kidspiration in Your Classroom (Learn & Use ...
The student accurately clapped out the syllables for all of the words. The student accurately recorded all syllables in the words. The student demonstrates a strong understanding of the lesson objectives. Strong (3 Points) The student wrote ...
Miriam Myers
10
Brenton Plays: 1: Christie in Love; The Churchill Play; ...
Juvenile. JANICE. Yeah I'm juvenile! But I'm working on it. See. . . They're not going a get me. _ FRANK. There is too much lost, too much blood. Can't you understand? JANICE. No I don't. Less you're saying you're a clapped out old man .
Howard Brenton, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAPPED OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clapped out is used in the context of the following news items.
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Square eyes: 2 million SVOD subs in Australia at mid-2015
Personally, I suspect it is no mere 'belief', but firm and undeniable knowledge they are using a clapped out, barely coping broadband ... «iTWire, Jul 15»
2
Taxi monster-truck to carry friends on 2000mile charity challenge to …
Nicknamed Maggie, the same clapped out taxi that blew its head gasket last year will be the team's home over the four day long race. However ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
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As it happened____Cork vs Kerry Final: Live Stream, Munster GAA …
... scrutinised on a national level, in the Allianz League final against Dublin, the Rebels failed as badly as a clapped out banger might the NCT. «Celeb Twitter News, Jul 15»
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Liverpool teacher to drive clapped out Bedford Rascal to Mongolia …
Tom Reynolds from Aigburth, Liverpool, and Tom Cambidge, from London, are going to do the Mongol Rally in a Bedford Rascal for male ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
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Balder McDash reports: UK Government confirms Grease bailout …
... like the government's tendency to resemble clapped out 70s rock musicians; though others suggested that the shaggy appearance of certain ... «CommonSpace, Jul 15»
6
legs and sweat still key to Tour
"Gone are the days in running around in clapped out buses and such like ... major corporations are not really interested in that look, they want ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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7 reasons to watch Terminator Genisys - despite the negative reviews
In Genisys Schwarzenegger assuredly has his mojo back. Playing a clapped out T-800 terminator, he puts in a performance laden with ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Beekeeper's Notes July 2015
Others we asked suggested that possibly the poor old bees were just clapped out after working their socks off during the spring. A strong hive ... «The Guildford Dragon NEWS, Jul 15»
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Tennis star Liam Broady is a sofa surfer despite lucrative Wimbledon …
... is still living out of the back of his clapped out old Nissan and bedding down on mates' sofas, having officially registered for the tournament as ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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A Tale of Two Top Tens: Japan and U.S. Make, Buy Very Different …
Every now and then, you see a clapped out RX8 or skyline here with the fart cans, a smug sitting on the wrong side, thinkin he has a ferrari or something. «Motor Trend, Jul 15»

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