What's the scientific name for the clap?

Question

The scientific name for the clap, in which you hit your hands together to produce a sound? I've looked online everywhere, and it refers to different plants, but not the right answer I'm looking for.

Answer 1

It simply is called CLAPPING. Sorry, there is no other name for it.

Answer 2

This is all I can come up with:

VERB:
clapped , clap·ping , claps
VERB:
intr.

To strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound, as in applauding.
To come together suddenly with a sharp sound.
VERB:
tr.

To strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on another: clapped a book on the desk.
To strike (the hands) together with an abrupt, loud sound, usually repeatedly: clapped hands in time to the music.
To strike lightly but firmly with the open hand, as in greeting: clapped me on the shoulder.
To put or place quickly and firmly: clapped the purse snatcher in jail; clapped a lid on the box.
To arrange hastily: clapped together a plan.
NOUN:

The act or sound of clapping the hands.
A sudden, loud, explosive sound: a clap of thunder.
A sharp blow with the open hand; a slap.
Obsolete A sudden stroke of fortune, especially of bad luck.

Answer 3

clap
verb
Definition: applaud
Synonyms: acclaim, approve, bang, cheer, pat, praise, slap, strike gently, thwack, whack

clap
noun
Definition: hitting
Synonyms: applause, bang, blast, boom, burst, crack, crash, handclap, pat, slam, slap, smash, strike, thrust, thunder, thunderclap, thwack, wallop, whack

From: Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, clappian, to throb, and from Old Norse klappa, to clap, pat

Clap (verb)
Arabic: يُصَفِّق
Chinese (Simplified): 拍手
Chinese (Traditional): 拍手
Czech: tleskat
Danish: klappe
Dutch: klappen
Estonian: plaksutama
Finnish: taputtaa
French: applaudir; battre des mains
German: klatschen
Greek: χειροκροτώ
Hungarian: (meg)tapsol
Icelandic: klappa
Indonesian: bertepuk tangan
Italian: battere le mani*, applaudire
Japanese: 手をたたく
Latvian: aplaudēt; sist plaukstas; plaukšķināt
Lithuanian: ploti
Norwegian: applaudere, klappe (i hendene)
Polish: klaskać
Portuguese (Brazil): aplaudir, bater palmas
Portuguese (Portugal): bater palmas
Romanian: a aplauda; a bate din palme
Russian: хлопать
Slovak: tlieskať
Slovenian: ploskati
Spanish: aplaudir
Swedish: klappa händer, applådera
Turkish: alkışlamak

Clap (noun)

Arabic: تَرْبيت
Chinese (Simplified): 拍手
Chinese (Traditional): 拍手
Czech: potlesk; plácnutí
Danish: klappen
Dutch: klap, applaus
Estonian: plaksutus, patsutus
Finnish: taputus
French: applaudissement; tape
German: das Klatschen, der Schlag
Greek: χειροκρίτημα, φιλικο χτύπημα
Hungarian: taps
Icelandic: klapp
Indonesian: tepuk tangan
Italian: applauso; colpo
Japanese: 拍手
Latvian: aplaudēšana; aplausi; (draudzīgs) uzsitiens
Lithuanian: plojimas, plekšnojimas
Norwegian: applaus, klapping
Polish: oklaski, klepnięcie
Portuguese (Brazil): tapa
Portuguese (Portugal): palmadas
Romanian: palmă
Russian: хлопок; хлопанье
Slovak: potlesk; potľapkanie
Slovenian: ploskanje
Spanish: aplauso, palmada
Swedish: handklappning, klapp
Turkish: alkışlama, el çırpma

Answer 4

the scientific name for "The Clap" .. and i know this for a fact because i studied this as a major at university.. is "yourabitofalooseryouidiot clapicus"

Answer 5

I like how, of the six people that answered before me, four didn't bother reading the details, thus making fools of themselves by asnwering "gonorrhea" or various mutant spellings of the same. Did you mean to trick them?

Answer 6

Isn't it Chlamydia? Or maybe the clap is Gonorrhea. I can't remember.

(J/J I know what you're talking about but couldn't find it either.)

Answer 7

Simultaneous manual contact

Answer 8

Applause?

Answer 9

How about:
Hand percussions, or the more Latin sounding Manos Percussius.

Answer 10

gonorrhoea