Sentence examples for clap on from inspiring English sources
verb
To temporarily add something to an existing part, especially to add an additional sail to take advantage of a fair wind
Unless you can "clap on! clap off!", light switches are some of the most touch heavy surfaces in your home.
If you've flamed up something in the skillet, use the lid (or a lid of larger size) to clap on quickly and smother it.
It ticks so many offending boxes: schmaltzy sleigh bells, a 60s girl group-imitating style, the sort of head-bopping tempo that makes people clap on the one and three.
He mentioned them a couple of times and got a bit of a clap on the second one.
Dr Mann told BBC News: "In one case an audience might clap on average 10 times per person.
Clap on this signal, cheer on this one, no not like that, faster, too loud, slow down.
Call it the 21st century version of the clap-on, clap-off.
Zach Simons has designed a sharply effective lighting plot with clap-on, clap-off functionality.
"Admiration" for a particular trait of a minority group is rarely a simple matter of respect and clap-on-the-back congratulations.
Blood flow was recorded using a ¼ inches ultrasonic flow probe (SonoTT Clap-on Transducer; EMTEC, Munich, Germany) clamped on the inlet tube of the membrane oxygenator.
Wawrinka clapped on his racquet.
