CLAPPERS

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


Proper noun

Clappers

plural of Clapper

Anagrams

• crapples, scrapple

Noun

clappers

plural of clapper

Verb

clappers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clapper

Anagrams

• crapples, scrapple

Source: Wiktionary


CLAPPER

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.]

CLAPPER

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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