| Subject | English | German |
| heat. | access clap | Bedienungsklappe (ssn) |
| gen. | clap along | mitklatschen |
| jarg. | "Clap gonorrhea clipper" | Tripper-Clipper (In the 70's and 80's many German men took tours to Thailand for the express purpose of living out sexual fantasies, e.g., group sex, sex with exotic women, etc. Return flights were heavily populated with such "tourists" who were often exposed to, if not infected with a social disease. See "Bumsenbomber.") |
| gen. | clap hands | in die Hände klatschen |
| tech. | clap on | stülpen |
| gen. | clap the rhythm | den Rhythmus klatschen |
| gen. | clap to | zuschlagen |
| brit. | clapped-out | marode |
| inf. | clapped-out | klapprig |
| inf. | get a dose of the clap | sich einen Tripper holen |
| commun. | plastic clap | Kunststoffbundschließe |
| jarg. | The "Clap" gonorrhea | Tripper (The term is related to the verbs "tropfen" (to drip) and "triefen" (to run like a fluid, to drip). Obviously this has to do with the physical effects of the illness) |