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clapper

Pronunciation: /ˈklæpɚ/

The English word “clapper” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
  2. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
  3. A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  4. A clapstick (musical instrument).
  5. A pounding block.
  6. The chattering damsel of a mill.
  7. A slapshot
  8. The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
  9. A person's tongue.
  10. A rabbit burrow.

verb

  1. To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
  2. To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
  3. Of birds, to make such a noise by repeatedly striking the mandibles together.

Etymology

From clap + -er.

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