com-plōdo

I. to strike or clap the hands together in applauding, from joy, pain, etc. (only in post-Aug. prose): complodere manus scaenicum est, Quint. 11, 3, 123; so Petr. 18, 7; 20, 5; Sen. Ira, 1, 1, 4; App. M. 9, p. 235, 33.