Which preposition to use with claps

of Occurrences 84%

The news came upon me like a clap of thunder.

on Occurrences 60%

I thanked her, clapped on my dripping bonnet, and made for the dykes beyond the garden.

to Occurrences 16%

On his heels came another with his hand clapped to his side, and he moaned as he slithered past me.

into Occurrences 11%

Having nothing else convenient, Mr. P. clapped into the hole a lot of manuscripts which he had brought with him for consideration.

with Occurrences 7%

As Country Squire, who yet had never known The long-expected Joy of being in Town; Whose careful Parents scarce permitted Heir To ride from home, unless to neighbouring Fair; At last by happy Chance is hither led, To purchase Clap with loss of Maidenhead; Turns wondrous gay, bedizen'd to Excess; Till he is all Burlesque in Mode and Dress: Learns to talk loud in Pit, grows wily too, That is to say, makes mighty Noise and Show.

in Occurrences 7%

The fieldsmen clapped in quite an indulgent sort of way, as who should say, "Capital, capital.

like Occurrences 7%

He waking, roared with the pain so loud that all the cavern broke into claps like thunder.

over Occurrences 7%

" One hard, brown hand was clapped over Jig's mouth.

for Occurrences 3%

Rosencrantz in the second act of Hamlet bears witness to the popularity of these boy actors, when he calls them "little eyases, that cry on the top of question and are most tyrannically clapped for it."

from Occurrences 3%

There was tumultuous cheering and clapping from a dense crowd.

up Occurrences 2%

" Dawson looks upon the offered knife an instant with distraction in his eyes, and the Don (not to carry this risky business too far), taking his hesitation for refusal, claps up the blade in his waist-cloth, where it lay mighty convenient to his hand.

under Occurrences 2%

'Sblood, ye shall take more than will do ye good, or I'll make ye clap under the table.

after Occurrences 2%

Hands clapped after her; voices, men's voices, filled her ears with a clamour of praise as extravagant as her own dancing; the guests went trooping gaily after her.

by Occurrences 2%

A woman with short blonde hair and a heart shaped face was clapping by the corner of the house.

through Occurrences 1%

Twice, thrice, flashes of pale blue lightning traverse the clouds in rapid succession: as often does the thunder roll in loud and prolonged claps through the firmament.

between Occurrences 1%

" Applying his ear again to the child's throat, he listened for a moment intently, and then picking the baby up from the table, gave it a couple of sharp claps between the shoulders.

down Occurrences 1%

Here and there ushers were clapping down the seats, sounds to my fancy not unlike the first corn within a popper.

at Occurrences 1%

He toiled on, listening for the expected gunshothearing it, too, and the yawp of a wounded dog, in spite of a mitten clapped at each ear.

Which preposition to use with  claps