English

Alternative forms

• after-clap

Noun

afterclap ‎(plural afterclaps)

1. An unexpected subsequent event or repercussion.
2. Something happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
3. A problem or danger that arises after a threat is supposed to have passed.

References

• afterclap in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Grose, Francis, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue / Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence: altered and enlarged (London; 1811)