Spatting

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spat \Spat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Spatting}.]
   To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the
   hands. [Local, U.S.]
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         Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands.
                                                  --Judd.
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