CLAPPER
clapper, tongue
(noun) metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
clapper, applauder
(noun) someone who applauds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
clapper (plural clappers)
One who claps; a person who applauds by clapping the hands.
An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.
A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.
A clapstick (musical instrument).
(sewing) A pounding block.
The chattering damsel of a mill.
(ice hockey) A slapshot
(cinematography) The hinged part of a clapperboard, used to synchronise images and soundtrack, or the clapperboard itself.
Synonyms
• (musical instrument): clapstick, musicstick
Verb
clapper (third-person singular simple present clappers, present participle clappering, simple past and past participle clappered)
(transitive) To ring a bell by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.
To make a repetitive clapping sound; to clatter.
Of birds, to repeatedly strike the mandibles together.
Etymology 2
Noun
clapper (plural clappers)
(obsolete) A rabbit burrow.
Anagrams
• crapple
Proper noun
Clapper (plural Clappers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clapper is the 6822nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4944 individuals. Clapper is most common among White (93.47%) individuals.
Anagrams
• crapple
Source: Wiktionary
Clap"per, n.
1. A person who claps.
2. 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. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).
Clap"per, n. Etym: [F. clapier.]
Definition: A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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