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clapper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clapper has 3 senses
- clapper(n = noun.person) applauder - someone who applauds; Array is a kind of extoller, laudator, lauder
- clapper(n = noun.body) glossa, lingua, tongue - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity; Array is a kind of organ, articulator
- clapper(n = noun.artifact) tongue - metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side; Array is a part of bell
Derived forms verb clap4, verb clap3
is a part of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris, pharynx, throat
has parts: gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud
is a kind of striker
Derived form verb clap7
CIDE DICTIONARY
clapper, n.
- A person who claps. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
clapper, n. [F. clapier.].
A rabbit burrow. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clapper, n. the tongue or striker of a bell.
Idiom
like the clappers Brit. sl. very fast or hard.
THESAURUS
clapper
Klaxon, bell, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, catcall, cherry bomb, chimes, church bell, clack, clacker, cowbell, cracker, cricket, dinner bell, dinner gong, doorbell, fire bell, firecracker, gong, gong bell, hand bell, horn, jingle bell, noisemaker, passing bell, rattle, rattlebox, sacring bell, sheepbell, siren, sleigh bell, snapper, steam whistle, telephone bell, ticktack, tintinnabulum, tongue, triangle, whistle, whizgig, whizzer
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