clapper

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who claps

   One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.

2. 2

   An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring

   An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

3. 3

   A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow

   A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

   • "Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like the clappers in the fields to drive away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."
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   1. 4

      A clapstick (musical instrument).

   2. 5

      A pounding block.

   3. 6

      The chattering damsel of a mill.

   4. 7

      A slapshot

   5. 8

      The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the…

      The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.

   6. 9

      A person's tongue.

   7. 10

      To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

      • It is still necessary to warn clergymen against allowing the lazy and pernicious practice of 'clappering,' i.e. tying the bell-rope to the clapper, and pulling it instead of the bell.
   8. 11

      To make a repetitive clapping sound

      To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.

   9. 12

      Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.

   10. 13

       A rabbit burrow.

       • Poore cunnie so bagged, Is soone overlagged Plash burrow, set clapper, For dog is a snapper
   11. 14

       A surname.

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