clapback

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from clap back.

Definitions

  1. An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by…

    An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by clapping.

  2. A witty or sarcastic retort.

    • While these bits of online affirmation are addicting, so too are the online takedowns, the clapbacks, the snark.
    • “My first truly viral video was a clapback to a nasty comment someone made about me being a stupid millennial and telling me to ‘go eat toast’,” Kung recalls.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA