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Clapper

noun
/ˈklæpɚ/
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounOne who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
2.nounAn object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
3.nounA wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
4.nounA clapstick (musical instrument).
5.nounA pounding block.
6.nounThe chattering damsel of a mill.
7.nounA slapshot
8.nounThe hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
9.nounA person's tongue, as a source of chatter or nagging.
10.verbTo ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
11.verbTo make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
12.verbOf birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.

Synonyms

clapstickmusicsticklinguatongueglossaclawinghandclapperapplauderclaqueurclapper-loaderclutcherclencher

Rhymes With

dapperwrappertrapperslapperstrappersaporcrapperscrapper
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