claquer

to clack (make a sharp sound); to clap; to click, to snap; to crack; to flap

“claquer des mains” — to clap one's hands

Inherited from Middle French claquer, from Old French claquer, clacquer (“to clack, clap, clatter”), from Middle Dutch klacken (“to clack, crack, whack, shake”), from Old Dutch *klakon, from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).

to vamp a shoe

From claque (“vamp”) + -er.