Etymology

clapback

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Today it means: An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by clapping. Full definition →

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The story

Deverbal from clap back. Compare similarly formed Middle English ȝainclappe (“counterblow, riposte”, literally “back-clap”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.