English Explanatory Dictionary

clapper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
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 repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
noun
  1. A rabbit burrow.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈklæpɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clapper.wav

Word forms

clapper clappers clappering clappered

Etymology

From clap + -er.

Synonyms

clapstick musicstick

Related words

clapper bridge

Derived words

clapperboard clapper board clapperboy clapperclaw clapperless clapper-loader clapper rail clapper talk clapper-valve handclapper happy clapper like the clappers clapperdudgeon
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