clapping

Somehow, that's regarded as parliamentary, but a bit of spontaneous clapping is regarded as a total violation of the spirit of the House.

Achieving the Impossible 1994

There was a loud clapping from the boys who were perched on the rail fence, but some of the girls were crying.

Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

'Oh, Plummey!' exclaimed Mr. Puffington, as his servant entered, 'I'm deuced unwell -- quite knocked up, in short,' clapping his hand on his forehead, adding, 'I shall not be able to dine downstairs to-day.'

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

Matthews frequently obsesses over Clinton's "clapping" -- which he describes as "Chinese."

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

Ten minutes of clapping, Obama pretends he’s made real accomplishments, lays out ambitious goals he’ll never achieve, mix in clapping, booing, and possibly the twist of some wingnut congressman shouting something in the middle of the speech, and you have Obama’s first State of the Union.

LOST Invades Disneyland; Obama’s SOTU May Invade LOST’s Season Premiere Timeslot – Collider.com 2010

At bases like Fort Bragg – the backdrop for his Tuesday night speech on Iraq – the clapping is often interspersed with calls of “Hoo-ah,” the military’s all-purpose, spirited response to, well, almost anything.

Balloon Juice » 2005 » June 2005

Plainclothes police officers have detained nearly 2,000 people since the so-called clapping protests began in June, in many cases because they were seen clapping or standing near people who were.

NYT > Home Page By ILYA MOUZYKANTSKII 2011

Plainclothes police officers have detained nearly 2,000 people since the so-called clapping protests began in June, in many cases because they were seen clapping or standing near people who were.

NYT > Home Page By ILYA MOUZYKANTSKII 2011

That quiet before the clapping is the sound of Oregon's governor Ted Kulongoski turning on the engine of a Nissan LEAF and driving away.

OPB News 2010

We weren't sure at first if it was a cotillion or a convention ... a sea of old white women and men in suits and ties, occassionally very politely clapping, that is about all we witnessed.

Dave Chandler's Earthside.com 2008