Definition of clap back

clap back

verb

to clap back, i.e. to shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- See more words with the same meaning: to shoot.
Last edited on Feb 12 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 12 2018.
to return criticism or an insult.

Citation from "Kim Cattrall rejects Sarah Jessica Parker's condolences: 'Stop exploiting our tragedy'", Washington Post, Amy B Wang, 10 February 2018 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Feb 12 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 12 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize':
par	Definitions include: to disrespect or mistreat.
rubbish	Definitions include: nonsense.
*btch out**	Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out".
carry	Definitions include: being carried is a type of sarcasm.
zinger	Definitions include: an unkind joke or tease.
hack	Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.)
backhanded compliment	Definitions include: a "compliment" with a buried insult.
grief	Definitions include: criticism.
flame	Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
*btch**	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
bag	Definitions include: to lie to; deceive.
bust on	Definitions include: to hit, attack.
all over	Definitions include: See be all over.
blast	Definitions include: something very fun.
kill	Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
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Other terms relating to 'to shoot':
bust a cap	Definitions include: to fire a bullet; "shoot".
drill	Definitions include: the usual procedure.
pump full of lead	Definitions include: to shoot repeatedly with a firearm.
clap	Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm.
pwn	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own.
shoot up	Definitions include: to inject a drug.
lead poisoning	Definitions include: death by shooting.
open up	Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
pop a cap	Definitions include: to shoot.
ballistic therapy	Definitions include: being shot so as to improve one's attitude.
plug	Definitions include: to engage in sexual intercourse.
wet	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
take	Definitions include: to rob or extort.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.

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Other terms relating to 'back':
back	Definitions include: large buttocks.
back 40	Definitions include: wild or rough terrain adjacent to a developed area.
*back sswards**	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
back at the ranch	Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
back at you	Definitions include: and the same to you.
back-catalog	Definitions include: obscure.
back-catalogue	Definitions include: obscure.
back door	Definitions include: the anus.
back door man	Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side.
back-door trots, the	Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
back forty	Definitions include: a place that is far away.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
back off	Definitions include: large buttocks.
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Other terms relating to 'clap':
clap	Definitions include: to shoot someone or something with a firearm.
clapped out	Definitions include: To be used up, worn out or otherwise exhausted.
clap, the	Definitions include: gonorrhea.
golf clap	Definitions include: a quiet clap, originating at golf competitions, whereby one pats the base of one palm lightly with the fingers of the other hand. Used because it is quieter than "normal" claps.
thunder clap	Definitions include: An unusually loud and prolonged expulsion of flatulence.