abklatschen

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapklatʃən/,
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Etymology 1

ab- +‎ klatschen

Verb

abklatschen (weak, third-person singular present klatscht ab, past tense klatschte ab, past participle abgeklatscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to rebound, bounce off with a clapping sound
    von etwas abklatschento bounce off something
  2. (transitive) to fend off, return something (such as a ball) by hitting it with a clapping sound
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to high five someone or give them a pat on the back (in the literal sense); to exchange high-fives with someone
    jemanden abklatschento high-five someone
    einander abklatschento high-five each other
    sich abklatschento high-five themselves
    • 2018 September 28, Bernd Müllender, “Mannschaftsturnier Ryder Cup: Golfhooligans in Paris”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Ab Freitag früh um 8 Uhr haben sie wieder getobt und sind über den Rasen gehüpft, die sonst so zurückhaltenden Golfprofis, sie haben die Fans angestachelt, gebrüllt, sich enthusiastisch abgeklatscht.
      Early on Friday by 8 o'clock they were in a frenzy again and hopping over the turf, those otherwise so reserved golf pros, they were exciting the fans, screaming, enthusiastically high-fiving each other.
  4. (transitive) to give (someone) a pat to indicate something (to them), e.g. to cut in on a dance or to tag someone in a game of tag
  5. (transitive) to applaud or acclaim someone or something
  6. (ditransitive) to obtain an encore from someone by clapping
    Die Zuschauer haben dem Magier noch einen Zaubertrick abgeklatscht.
    The spectators encored another magic trick from the magician.
  7. (transitive, theater) to break off a rehearsal, etc. by clapping
  8. (transitive, colloquial) to lightly, repeatedly strike or clap someone ((+ mit) with something), making a clapping sound
  9. (transitive, colloquial, rare) to decisively defeat someone (especially in sports)

Etymology 2

Abklatsch +‎ -en

Verb

abklatschen (weak, third-person singular present klatscht ab, past tense klatschte ab, past participle abgeklatscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, printing, art) to produce a mirror image impression copy of
  2. (transitive, printing, historical) to quickly print from forms, off of the press
  3. (transitive, by extension, colloquial, derogatory) to copycat, to produce a poor imitation of
  4. (transitive, art) to portray something incompletely; to sketch, outline

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