bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
(noun) (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Clappers
plural of Clapper
• crapples, scrapple
clappers
plural of clapper
clappers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clapper
• crapples, scrapple
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.]
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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
