English
clapper
see also: Clapper
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈklæpɚ/
Noun

clapper (plural clappers)

  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.
    • 1896, Sabine Baring-Gould, Arminell, a social romance, Ch. 37:
      "Sir, sir! folks' tongues go like the clappers in the fields to drive away the blackbirds. A very little wind makes 'em rattle wonderfully."
  4. A clapstick (musical instrument).
  5. (sewing) A pounding block.
  6. The chattering damsel of a mill.
  7. (ice hockey) A slapshot
  8. (cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • Russian: трещо́тка
Verb

clapper (clappers, present participle clappering; past and past participle clappered)

  1. (transitive) 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 repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
Noun

clapper (plural clappers)

  1. (obsolete) A rabbit burrow.
Clapper
Proper noun
  1. Surname


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