Clapper

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who applauds.
  • n. The tongue of a bell.
  • n. Slang The tongue of a garrulous person.
  • n. Two flat pieces of wood held between the fingers and struck together rhythmically.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring.
  • n. A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
  • v. To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
  • n. A rabbit burrow.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A person who claps.
  • n. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
  • n. A rabbit burrow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something which claps or strikes with a loud, sharp noise.
  • n. The cover of a clack-dish.
  • n. The piece of wood or metal which strikes the hopper of a mill.
  • n. In medieval churches, a wooden rattle used as a summons to prayers on the last three days of Holy Week, when it was customary for the church bells to remain silent. Also called clap.
  • n. A clack or windmill for frightening birds.
  • n. plural Pieces of wood or bone to be held between the fingers and struck together rhythmically; the bones.
  • n. The knocker of a door.
  • n. One who claps, especially one who applauds by clapping the hands.
  • n. A clack-valve.
  • n. plural A pair of iron plates used to hold fine steel springs while being hardened.
  • n. A plank laid across a running stream as a substitute for a bridge.
  • n. plural Warrenpales or -walls.
  • n. The tongue.
  • To clap; make a clattering noise.
  • n. See claper.
  • n. In botany, the auricle in hepatics. See auricle, 3 .
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who applauds
  • n. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
  • n. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lauder    extoller    laudator    striker    organ   
    Cross Reference
    tongue    beggar's clapper   
    Variant
    bell   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tongue    clack    bones   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    capper    dapper    flapper    knapper    napper   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    yle    payre    maste    fortificacion    accidente   
     
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