Verb (used with object) : She clapped her hands in appreciation. ,He clapped his friend on the back. ,to clap a book on the table. ,She clapped the book shut. ,The audience clapped the actors at the end of the act. ,to clap a lid on a jar; She clapped her hand over his mouth. They clapped him in jail.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : After the audience stopped clapping, the tenor sang two encores. ,The shutters clapped in the wind. ,She clapped across the room in her slippers.    From Dictionary.com.